Aerodynamic effects of dimples on soccer ball surfaces

Recently, the shape and design of the panel on the official ball used in the FIFA World Cup was considerably different from that of a conventional soccer ball (having 32 pentagonal and hexagonal panels). Depending on the number of different panels and their orientation, the aerodynamic force experie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sungchan Hong, Takeshi Asai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-10-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844017303353