Does anyone do an analysis of softball bats with actual data?

[tomorrow]

Does anyone do an analysis of softball bats with actual data? Analysis that holds certain variables constant.

 

[Gtrips07]

I don't think they've made an equivalent of the iron Byron in golf for softball.

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[Carty]

Dr. Russel from Penn State has does some amazing research on acoustic and bending properties of bats, which translate to the performance.

 

[_MIA_]

Does anyone do an analysis of softball bats with actual data? Analysis that holds certain variables constant.

What kind of analysis?

 

[ANNASDAD]

Does anyone do an analysis of softball bats with actual data? Analysis that holds certain variables constant.

It's simple, just see what most 3 hole hitters are using, copy and paste!

 

[CoreSoftball20]

Its hard because diff strokes for diff folks as they say...same as bats

 

[tomorrow]

What kind of analysis?

Something measuring Young's modulus in one form or another. Hopefully over different forces levels with different angles of impact at different bat locations.

 

[_MIA_]

Something measuring Young's modulus in one form or another. Hopefully over different forces levels with different angles of impact at different bat locations.

Why Young's modulus? What sort of information (that would be useful to a buyer) are you looking for from that data or are you actually trying to put together a computational/mathematical model of a bat yourself..

If you think that that sort of information will help determine failure properties(delamination, fracture,etc) I am afraid it isn't nearly that simple.

 

[Carty]

There is a lot of research out there on different aspects of sports equipment including bats. I think the first question you need to answer is what are you trying to measure?

 

[tomorrow]

Why Young's modulus? What sort of information (that would be useful to a buyer) are you looking for from that data or are you actually trying to put together a computational/mathematical model of a bat yourself..

If you think that that sort of information will help determine failure properties(delamination, fracture,etc) I am afraid it isn't nearly that simple.

You do not need a direct value for Young's modulus just some way for you to tell if one bat is better than another at certain speeds/forces. The best I can tell we have a sea of anecdotal information.

I am sure when the bats are certified they are doing testing this controlled testing.