Factors affecting cricket ball swing

Mehta, R. D. ; Bentley, K. ; Proudlove, M. ; Varty, P.

[s.l.] : Nature Publishing Group
Published 1983
ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Medicine
Natural Sciences in General
Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Fast bowlers in cricket make the ball swing by a judicious use of the seam. The ball is released with the seam at an angle to the airflow. Figure 1 shows a cricket ball held stationary in a wind tunnel with the seam set at an incidence angle of 40 to the airflow. Smoke was injected into the ...
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