Seeking hi-speed video of bat hitting ball

[reviewboy]

Hi Folks -

If anyone knows of a video that shows the ball deforming when hit by a bat, I'd very much appreciate a pointer.

I seem to be having trouble finding such a video by googling.

Thanks.

[Sultan_1895-1948]

Apparently it compresses down to about half its size upon impact. That's a lot of energy being transferred. I'll look for a video, but will a plain picture do?

[reviewboy]

Sultan, I'd enjoy seeing a still photo.

Thanks!

Apparently it compresses down to about half its size upon impact. That's a lot of energy being transferred. I'll look for a video, but will a plain picture do?

[BrooksBaseball]

Like this?:

[reviewboy]

Sweet! That's awesome.

Thanks!!

rb

Like this?:

[BrooksBaseball]

There is a whole page of them here:

http://webusers.npl.uiuc.edu/~a-nathan/pob/video.html

[Sultan_1895-1948]

Like this?:

Very nice...shows the trampoline effect. Is that just a stationary bat though? Seems the ball should be deforming more.

[SABR Matt]

it's probably a stationary bat and a pitched ball.. and the ball would deform more if the bat were also moving.

[Sultan_1895-1948]

For sure.

Here's another shot from this website (http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/bats.html) with a faster pitched ball. And some dude hitting a softball.

[alannathan]

ball-bat collision

Attached are a couple of pictures I have in my collection, both from local photographers. The baseball picture shows the ball in contact with the bat. The softball picture shows the bat bending. Both pretty nifty.