- Title
- Aerodynamic drag measurements of FIFA-approved footballs
- Creator
- Alam, Firoz; Chowdhury, Harun; George, Steven; Mustary, Israt; Zimmer, Gary
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- Text; Conference paper
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/161587
- Identifier
- vital:12441
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2014.06.119
- Abstract
- Increasing technological advancements and demand for performance compel the ball manufacturers to introduce new designs. Construction of spherical footballs has been significantly changed over the years since 1970 from 32-panel leather stitched ball to 8-panel synthetic thermally bonded modern football. Despite being most popular game in the world, no data is available on aerodynamic properties of recently FIFA approved balls such as Adidas Cafusa (thermally bonded 32-panel), Nike Maxim (32- panel stitched), Umbro Neo (14-panel stitched, and Mitre Ultimax (26-panel stitched) footballs. Hence, the primary objective of this study was to determine aerodynamic drag of these balls and compare the findings with other balls introduced in late 2000. The aerodynamic forces were measured experimentally for a range of wind speeds in wind tunnel environment and their nondimensional coefficients were determined and compared. Additionally, a field test was also carried out to understand the perception of professional footballers.
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Relation
- 2014 Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association p. 703-708
- Rights
- © 2014 The Authors.
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Aerodynamic; Drag; Football; Experimental mesurement; Wind tunnel
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