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SUMMARY:The Aerodynamics of Cricket Ball Swing - Samuel Grimshaw and Aaron
  Briggs (Whittle Laboratory)
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DESCRIPTION:Cricket ball swing allows fast bowlers to curve the ball throu
 gh the air at speeds up to 100 miles per hour. It is viewed as a fickle\, 
 mysterious phenomenon by players\, pundits and fans and there are many the
 ories and anecdotes which attempt to explain the optimal technique and con
 ditions for swing. Our study was funded by the England and Wales Cricket B
 oard (ECB) to investigate the aerodynamic origins of cricket swing\, and i
 dentify the key factors which affect how much a ball will swing. The proje
 ct used wind tunnel experiments and the Whittle Laboratory to measure the 
 forces on real cricket balls\, and infrared imaging technology to visualis
 e boundary layer properties. This talk gives an overview of cricket ball s
 wing physics and presents a statistical model for new ball swing that can 
 be used to predict outcomes in professional cricket.
LOCATION:MR14\,  Centre for Mathematical Sciences\, Wilberforce Road\, Cam
 bridge
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