The Science of Baseball Modeling Bat-Ball Collisions and the Flight of the Ball /

• Main Author: Bahill, A. Terry (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Sports.; Physics.; Technology.; Continuum physics.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Popular Science in Sports.; Popular Science in Physics.; Popular Science in Technology.; Classical and Continuum Physics.

This book describes the dynamic collisions between baseballs, softballs, and bats, and the intricate modeling of these interactions, using only Newton's basic principles and the conservation laws of physics. Veteran baseball science author Terry Bahill explains models for the speed and spin of...

Table of Contents:

• Types of Bat-ball Collisions
• Configurations of Bat-ball Collisions
• Equations for Bat-ball Collisions
• The ConLaw Model for Bat-ball Collisions
• Alternative Models
• The Ball in Flight Model
• Dénouement
• General Modeling Principles.