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Modeling And Validation Of Tension-Element Based Mechanisms For Golf Ball-Club Impact, Aaron Robison
Modeling And Validation Of Tension-Element Based Mechanisms For Golf Ball-Club Impact, Aaron Robison
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Previous work has systematically and numerically demonstrated feasibility and performance benefits of the tension-element concept in golf club heads; however, higher fidelity models needed to be created and validated for this concept. There is a need for more accurate models for this concept to further investigate its performance benefits. Performance is measured in terms of impact efficiency of the ball and head and is referred to as coefficient of restitution (COR). COR is affected by the dynamic effective face stiffness and mass properties of the club. This thesis creates and validates high-fidelity, non-linear, dynamic finite element models for the tension-element …
Development Of A Strain Energy Storage Mechanism Using Tension Elements To Enhance Golf Club Performance, Marc A. Whitezell
Development Of A Strain Energy Storage Mechanism Using Tension Elements To Enhance Golf Club Performance, Marc A. Whitezell
Theses and Dissertations
The development of current golf club designs has followed an evolutionary process starting with the original wooden heads of a hundred years ago, to the thin-walled, hollow body titanium heads of today. Current designs utilize what has become known as the trampoline effect to increase the efficiency of the ball-club impact, which has a number of limiting factors that restrict clubhead performance. These limitations provided the motivation for this research to explore new mechanisms by which the efficiency of the ball club impact could be increased. In particular this research focuses on the development of compliant mechanisms to increase club …