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The way balls really bounce

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, , Citation N James Bridge 1998 Phys. Educ. 33 236 DOI 10.1088/0031-9120/33/4/012

0031-9120/33/4/236

Abstract

A simple theory presented recently to describe the bounce of an air-filled ball predicted that the contact time should be independent of the speed of impact. Experimental results, however, disagreed. Amendments suggested here lead to a model giving good agreement with experiment.

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10.1088/0031-9120/33/4/012