Bounce of a Basketball in a Puddle: Depth of Water and Coefficient of Restitution
A basketball was dropped into puddles with depths of water ranging from zero to 4 mm from a height of 1.1 m to investigate the relationship between the depth of water in a puddle and the coefficient of restitution with measurements of the drop height and bounce height. It is shown that the coefficie...
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| description | A basketball was dropped into puddles with depths of water ranging from zero to 4 mm from a height of 1.1 m to investigate the relationship between the depth of water in a puddle and the coefficient of restitution with measurements of the drop height and bounce height. It is shown that the coefficient of restitution has a square root relationship with the depth of the puddle. A “puddle constant” is defined and found for this drop height and this ball to be 830 kgm/s2. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-36d403d9e6e24c52bffb62c2b6eeafc82022-12-22T00:01:58ZengStudentScientists.orgInternational Scholastic Journal of Science2408-18842015-01-01914Bounce of a Basketball in a Puddle: Depth of Water and Coefficient of RestitutionChankyu Han0International School BangkokA basketball was dropped into puddles with depths of water ranging from zero to 4 mm from a height of 1.1 m to investigate the relationship between the depth of water in a puddle and the coefficient of restitution with measurements of the drop height and bounce height. It is shown that the coefficient of restitution has a square root relationship with the depth of the puddle. A “puddle constant” is defined and found for this drop height and this ball to be 830 kgm/s2.http://www.isjos.org/index.php?paper=Bounce+of+a+Basketball+in+a+Puddle%3A+Depth+of+Water+and+Coefficient+of+Restitutionbasketballwater depthcoefficient of restitutionpuddlebounce |
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| title | Bounce of a Basketball in a Puddle: Depth of Water and Coefficient of Restitution |
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| title_short | Bounce of a Basketball in a Puddle: Depth of Water and Coefficient of Restitution |
| title_sort | bounce of a basketball in a puddle depth of water and coefficient of restitution |
| topic | basketball water depth coefficient of restitution puddle bounce |
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