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Dynamic Contact Behavior of a Golf Ball during an Oblique Impact

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The oblique impact between a golf ball and a rigid steel target was studied using a high-speed video camera. Video images recorded before and after the impact were used to determine the inbound velocity v i, rebound velocity v r, inbound angle θi, rebound angle θr, and the coefficient of restitution e. The results showed that θr and e decreased as v i increased. The maximum compression ratio ηc, contact time t c, average angular velocity \(\overline{\omega } \), and tangential velocity \(\overline{v} _{{\text{t}}} \), along the target were determined from images obtained during the impact. The images demonstrated that ηc increased with v i while t c decreased. In addition, \(\overline{\omega } \) and \(\overline{v} _{{\text{t}}} \) increased almost linearly as v i increased. A rigid body model was used to estimate the final angular velocity ω* and tangential velocity νt* at the end of the impact; these results were then compared with experimental data.

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  1. Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-koen, kasuga-shi, 816-8580, Fukuoka, Japan

    K. Arakawa (SEM member)

  2. Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    T. Mada & H. Komatsu

  3. Maruman & Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

    T. Shimizu

  4. Apen Engineering Office, Tokyo, Japan

    M. Satou

  5. School of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, Osaka, Japan

    K. Takehara & G. Etoh

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Arakawa, K., Mada, T., Komatsu, H. et al. Dynamic Contact Behavior of a Golf Ball during an Oblique Impact. Exp Mech 46, 691–697 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-006-9257-4

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