The Effect of Roughness Elements on the Magnus Characteristics of Rotating Spherical Projectiles
Description:
Thirty trials of each of three roughness conditions were examined. The first condition consisted of a baseball pitched so that two of the roughness elements opposed the flow. The second condition consisted of a pitched baseball with four of the roughness elements opposing the flow. The third consisted of a pitched uniformly rough sphere. The conclusions were that roughness elements increase horizontal flight deviations when a baseball rotates about a vertical axis; roughness elements on the sur…
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Date:
December 1982
Creator:
Smith, Michael A. (Michael Albert)
Partner:
UNT Libraries