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The lateral force on a spinning sphere: Aerodynamics of a curveball

 

作者: Robert G. Watts,   Ricardo Ferrer,  

 

期刊: American Journal of Physics  (AIP Available online 1987)
卷期: Volume 55, issue 1  

页码: 40-44

 

ISSN:0002-9505

 

年代: 1987

 

DOI:10.1119/1.14969

 

出版商: American Association of Physics Teachers

 

关键词: DRAG;AERODYNAMICS;REYNOLDS NUMBER;SPHERES;BOUNDARY LAYERS;BERNOULLI LAW

 

数据来源: AIP

 

摘要:

The lateral force on a spinning baseball in a wind tunnel has been measured. The magnitude of the force is nearly independent of the orientation of the seams of the ball. The drag coefficient appears to be at most weakly dependent on Reynolds number and to be principally a function of the ratio of the rotational speed of the equator of the ball to the wind tunnel speed. This is to be compared to the work of Briggs, which implies a strong effect of Reynolds number on the drag coefficient.

 

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