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Modeling the trajectory and measuring the Magnus coefficient and force of a spinning ping pong ball Cho, Raymond; Leutheusser, Samual
Abstract
Several sports including tennis, baseball, cricket and ping pong take advantage of the Magnus Effect, a forced caused by the spin of a ball travelling at a translational velocity. Because sports place a great emphasis on this phenomenon, there is an interest in modelling the trajectory of a ball involving this variable. To explore this concept, a ping pong ball was launched from a track with varying trajectories and an exposure-controlled strobe light photo was taken. This was analysed to model the path of the ball and determine the Magnus coefficient and its subsequent force. For the ping pong ball, the Magnus Force was determined to be: ^βπΉM = (0.000207 Β± 0.000053 ππ)(^βπΓ^βπ£) Where Ο is angular velocity and v is velocity.
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Modeling the trajectory and measuring the Magnus coefficient and force of a spinning ping pong ball
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2013-04
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Several sports including tennis, baseball, cricket and ping pong take advantage of the
Magnus Effect, a forced caused by the spin of a ball travelling at a translational velocity.
Because sports place a great emphasis on this phenomenon, there is an interest in modelling the
trajectory of a ball involving this variable. To explore this concept, a ping pong ball was
launched from a track with varying trajectories and an exposure-controlled strobe light photo
was taken. This was analysed to model the path of the ball and determine the Magnus coefficient
and its subsequent force. For the ping pong ball, the Magnus Force was determined to be: ^βπΉM = (0.000207 Β± 0.000053 ππ)(^βπΓ^βπ£)
Where Ο is angular velocity and v is velocity.
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eng
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2013-06-20
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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10.14288/1.0107239
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Unreviewed
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Undergraduate
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