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Models of Tennis Racket Impacts

H. Brody

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The oscillations of a hand-held tennis racket and a racket with its handle firmly clamped were measured by striking the racket with a ball and observing the output voltage from a thin piezoelectric film wrapped around the handle. The oscillations of the racket in these two cases were quite different, with the hand-held racket displaying vibrational modes similar to those of a completely free racket.

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Key concepts: Racket, Tennis ball, Ball (mathematics), Simulation, Engineering, Structural engineering, Mechanical engineering, sports equipment