Thump, ring: the sound of a bouncing ball

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2008-08-24

arxiv.org/abs/0808.3278v2

Physics

Popular Physics

9 pp., 2 figs. New figure

Scientific paper

A basketball bounced on a stiff surface produces a characteristic loud thump,
followed by high-pitched ringing. Describing the ball as an inextensible but
flexible membrane containing compressed air, I formulate an approximate theory
of the generation of these sounds and predict their amplitudes and waveforms.

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