Materials in sports: Designing for ball impacts

Authors
Michal, GM Novak, MD
Citation
Gm. Michal et Md. Novak, Materials in sports: Designing for ball impacts, ADV MATER P, 159(9), 2001, pp. 31-35
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES
ISSN journal
08827958 → ACNP
Volume
159
Issue
9
Year of publication
2001
Pages
31 - 35
Database
ISI
SICI code
0882-7958(200109)159:9<31:MISDFB>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Better golf clubs and baseball bats require materials that combine very hig h flow stresses with low elastic moduli, so that surfaces that impact the b all can be made highly compliant (high deflection/load).