Measuring the hardness of softballs

Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Smith, Lloyd V ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BALL SPEED; CONSTANT ENERGY; DEFORMATION RATES; DIFFERENT MASS; GEOMETRIC EFFECTS; IMPACT FORCE; MATERIAL EFFECT; SOLID CYLINDERS; SPRING MODEL; TEST METHOD;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; EXHIBITIONS; HARDNESS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

SPHERES;

EID: 84861533775     PISSN: 21915644     EISSN: 21915652     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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