Wednesday, March 29, 2017

classical mechanics - Distance a curveball travels?


I've seen some discussions regarding the movement of a spinning object, say a curveball. However, all have been largely qualitative. I was wondering if anyone has seen or worked through a calculation of how far a curveball moves laterally on its way from the mound to homeplate - even in an order-of-magnitude sense.




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classical mechanics - Moment of a force about a given axis (Torque) - Scalar or vectorial?

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