Geomechanics and Engineering

Volume 33, Number 6, 2023, pages 529-542

DOI: 10.12989/gae.2023.33.6.529

On the wave propagations of football game ball after contacting with the player foot

Lei Sun , Cancan Wei , Fei Liu , Lijun Wang , Bo Ren

Abstract

Wave propagation with high transverse deflection could affect the stability of the ball in its trajectory. For low stiffness balls similar to soccer and volleyball balls, the waves are more noticeable in comparison to other balls like ping-pong ball. On the other hand, the soccer balls are under heavy impact loads from shoots and contacting different objects in the field. The maximum recorded speed of a soccer ball after kicking is the 211 km/hr and the average maximum speed is around 112 km/hr. Therefore, in such speeds the aerodynamic forces become important which are directly related to geometrical shape of the ball. In this regard, the wave propagation in soccer ball is examined in the current study using large deformation shear deformable formulations. Classical relations of stress-strain components are taken into consideration along with minimum total energy principle. The final derived relations were solved by using harmonic differential quadrature method. The results are generally presented ion term of phase velocity as function of different influencing parameters of the materials, geometry and mass of the ball.

Key Words

analytical analysis; contact; football game ball; vibration; wave propagation

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