Simulation of spinning soccer ball trajectories influenced by altitude

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 2461-2466

  Horzer S ^a   Fuchs, C ^a   Gastinger, R ^a   Sabo, A ^a   Mehnen, L ^a   Martinek, J ^a   Reichel, M ^a  

^a Department of Sports Engineering and Biomechanics ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Altitude; FIFA Soccer World Cup 2010; Free kick simulation; Soccer ball trajectory

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ITERATIVE METHODS; SPORTING GOODS; TRACKING (POSITION); TRAJECTORIES;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; ALTITUDE; FLIGHT PARAMETERS; FREE KICK; LAUNCH CONDITIONS; SOCCER BALLS; SOLVING ALGORITHM; WORLD CUP;

SPORTS;

EID: 78149346091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2010.04.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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