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rklee · Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 11:33 am Post subject: Physics of Bowling

I was bored this morning and I really wanted to confirm what we talked about yesterday... so here it is:

http://qualityimporting.com/rklee/Physics%20of%20Bowling.pdf
I only had word to work with here at work... don't have mathcad so bad formatting.

There is one addition I didn't put in before I pdf -ed it. I conlcuded that M and m and A and c and V determined the deflection angle but that isn't quite true. Since M and m could be combined into the ratio of them by dividing by M in the top equations and therefore leaving only m/M, A, c and V. It's only slightly different but I don't think the ACTUAL masses are important, I think the ratio of them are.
The algebra's too difficult so I only showed what's left in the equation as opposed to what the actual relationship was.
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Corgren · Good Luck Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 149

Haven't looked through the pdf yet, but remember the mass of the pin ought to be a constant - so it's fair to talk about the mass of the ball in actual terms, 'cuz its the same thing.

Edit: I don't remember, but wasn't spin one of the main things we were talking about that night?
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