Does a golf ball change shape when hit by a driver?
Does a golf ball change shape when hit by a driver?
I'm asking this question because I'm studying animation. The driver is a far harder substance than the golf ball and I should imaine at the time of impact, there is that fraction of the second where the golf ball is still static as the driver hits it, changing the shape for a split of a second before launching the ball into the distance. I suppose the same can also be said for a cricket ball and a baseball, although a golf ball is harder.
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2.1.2010
Best Answer – Chosen by Voters Everything changes shape when a force acts on it. But it can be in the order on nanometers in small forces, or in the order of centimeters as in that video. You can roughly estimate the deflection by looking at the young's modulus of the object, the force and the area acted E=(F/A)/(d/A). (You have to estimate the force here too)
2.1.2010
You're quite correct, as can be seen in the video below. Source(s): http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=…