Trajectory of a Spinning Tennis Ball

F. Klvaňa

Chapter Chapter 2 in Solving Problems in Scientific Computing Using Maple and MATLAB®, 1997, pp 27-37 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Consider a tennis ball with mass m and diameter d, moving in air near the earth surface. The ball is spinning with angular velocity $$\vec{\omega}$$ (the vector $$\vec{\omega}$$ has the direction of the axis of rotation and magnitude ω = dφ(t)/dt = $$\dot{\varphi}$$ (t), where φ(t) is an angle of rotation). We will impose a Cartesian coordinates system (xyz) on the surface of the earth with the z axis directed vertically.

Keywords: Flight Time; Tennis Ball; Magnus Force; Line Style; Constant Time Step (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-97953-8_2

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