Trajectories reconstruction of spinning baseball pitches by three-point-based algorithm

Mario A. Aguirre-López, Javier Morales-Castillo, O. Díaz-Hernández, Gerardo J. Escalera Santos and F-Javier Almaguer

Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2018, vol. 319, issue C, 2-12

Abstract: In this work, a method to reconstruct trajectories by obtaining the initial conditions, velocity and angular velocity, from spinning throws is designed. It is based on considering Magnus effect can be separated from rest of forces that define the dynamics of the ball, such assumption is supported by an energetic analysis. Thus, the methodology consists in solving the two-point boundary value problem (BVP) of the movement equations without Magnus force and then adding its effect.

Keywords: Baseball; Rotating ball; Magnus force; Trajectories reconstruction; Shooting method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2017.01.016

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