On the size of sports fields

[en] The size of sports fields considerably varies from a few meters for table tennis to hundreds of meters for golf. We first show that this size is mainly fixed by the range of the projectile, that is, by the aerodynamic properties of the ball (mass, surface, drag coefficient) and its maximal velocity in the game. This allows us to propose general classifications for sports played with a ball.

Disciplines :

Physics

Author, co-author :

Darbois-Texier, Baptiste ; LadhyX - Ecole Polytechnique > Département de mécanique

Cohen, Caroline; LadHyX - Ecole Polytechnique > Département de mécanique

Dupeux, Guillaume; PMMH - ESPCI

Quéré, David; PMMH - ESPCI

Clanet, Christophe; LadHyX - Ecole Polytehcnique > Département de mécanique

Language :

English

Title :

On the size of sports fields

Alternative titles :

[fr] Sur la taille des terrains de sport

Publication date :

28 March 2014

Journal title :

New Journal of Physics

ISSN :

1367-2630

Publisher :

Institute of Physics, Bristol, United Kingdom

Volume :

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http://www.pmmh.espci.fr/fr/gouttes/Publications_files/Darbois2014.pdf

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