Models of Tennis Racket Impacts

in Journal of Applied Biomechanics

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Howard Brody
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsb.3.3.293
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Volume 3: Issue 3
Page Range:
293–296
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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.

Howard Brody Is with the Physics Department at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

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