Vibrations of table tennis racket composite wood blades: modeling and experiments

Racket Control and Spinning Ball Measurement for Table Tennis Robot

The effect of table tennis racket design on wrist motion

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Process Modeling of Composite Materials for Wind-Turbine Rotor Blades: Experiments and Numerical Modeling

The production of rotor blades for wind turbines is still a predominantly manual process. Process simulation is an adequate way of improving blade quality without a significant increase in production costs. This paper introduces a module for tolerance simulation for rotor-blade production processes. The investigation focuses on the simulation of temperature distribution for one-sided, self-heat...

Tennis Racket Vibrations and Shock Transmission to the Wrist during Forehand Drive

This study aimed to investigate the effects of two different racket models and two different forehand drive velocities on the three-dimensional vibration behavior of the racket and shock transmission to the player's wrist under real playing conditions. Nine tennis players performed a series of crosscourt flat forehand drives at two velocities, using a lightly and a highly vibrant racket. Two ac...

Carbon outclasses wood in racket paddles: Ratings of expert and intermediate tennis players.

Wooden racket paddles were modified with rubber and carbon fibre laminates and their differences tested in terms of flexural, damping, and coefficient of restitution properties. Four rackets types were designed: a wood reference, wood with rubber, carbon fibre 0°, and carbon fibre 90°. Seven expert and eight intermediate tennis players tested the rackets. To determine which of the four rackets ...