TY - JOUR
T1 - A study of golf ball aerodynamic drag
AU - Alam, Firoz
AU - Steiner, Tom
AU - Chowdhury, Harun
AU - Moria, Hazim
AU - Khan, Iftekhar
AU - Aldawi, Fayez
AU - Subic, Aleksandar
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The aerodynamics of golf balls is considerably more complex than that of many other spherical balls. The surface roughness in the form of dimples intensifies the level of complexity and three-dimensionality of air flow around the golf ball. Prior studies have revealed that golf ball aerodynamics is still not fully understood due to the varied dimple size, shape, depth and pattern. The current study experimentally measured drag coefficients of a range of commercially available golf balls, under a range of wind speeds. It was found that the drag coefficients of these balls varied significantly due to varied dimple geometry.
AB - The aerodynamics of golf balls is considerably more complex than that of many other spherical balls. The surface roughness in the form of dimples intensifies the level of complexity and three-dimensionality of air flow around the golf ball. Prior studies have revealed that golf ball aerodynamics is still not fully understood due to the varied dimple size, shape, depth and pattern. The current study experimentally measured drag coefficients of a range of commercially available golf balls, under a range of wind speeds. It was found that the drag coefficients of these balls varied significantly due to varied dimple geometry.
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187770581100991X?via%3Dihub
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-80051662109&doi=10.1016%2fj.proeng.2011.05.077&partnerID=40&md5=b55c40a6d1faa378f2e1aa2d5062852e
U2 - 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.05.077
DO - 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.05.077
M3 - Article
SN - 1877-7058
VL - 13
SP - 226
EP - 231
JO - Procedia Engineering
JF - Procedia Engineering
ER -