eprintid: 497
rev_number: 11
eprint_status: archive
userid: 7
dir: disk0/00/00/04/97
datestamp: 2011-12-20 14:03:09
lastmod: 2015-05-29 20:06:56
status_changed: 2011-12-20 14:03:08
type: report
metadata_visibility: show
item_issues_count: 0
creators_name: Chen, W.
creators_name: Cor, B.
creators_name: Konuralp, A.
creators_name: Reis, T.
creators_name: Sengul, S.
title: Spinning Soccer Ball Trajectory
ispublished: pub
subjects: sports
studygroups: ea-sgi1
full_text_status: public
abstract: As can be remembered from the recent World Cup, uncertainties in the trajectory of a soccer ball at high speeds have led to some criticism on the ball manufacturers. The existing ball trajectory models assume that as the ball spins, a layer of air, say a boundary layer, follows the motion of the ball, thus spins with it. This, in turn, induces a velocity difference on the sides normal to ball's trajectory. The velocity difference then leads to pressure difference due to Bernoulli's principle. If ω represents the axis of spin and
date: 2010
citation:   Chen, W. and Cor, B. and Konuralp, A. and Reis, T. and Sengul, S.  (2010) Spinning Soccer Ball Trajectory.  [Study Group Report]     
document_url: http://miis.maths.ox.ac.uk/miis/497/1/soccerballson.pdf