Flow analysis around golf balls without and with spinning

Hyoung Chol Kim, Hyoung Jin Kim, Kazuhiro Nakahashi, Takuma Kato, Masaya Tsunoda

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Abstract

Flows fields around stationary and spinning golf balls are numerically simulated solving the compressible Navier-Stokes equations on unstructured grids. Two types of dimple geometries for golf balls are selected with smooth and steep edges. Two flow conditions are 1) Reynolds number of 1.67×105 (Mach number 0.17) at 2400 rpm and 2) Reynolds number of 8.48×104 (Mach number 0.082) at 2070 rpm. These correspond to drive shot flow conditions of a golf ball after shot off and before fall down, respectively. Flow fields for investigation of the effects of flow conditions are visualized with velocity contours, surface flow, separation/reattachment lines, and vortex magnitude contours. Section pressure and streamwise velocity gradient distributions are shown for the effects of dimple geometries. Drag and lift coefficients of numerical simulation and experiment show qualitatively good agreement with each other.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCollection of Technical Papers - 24th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference
PublisherAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.
Pages637-651
Number of pages15
ISBN (Print)1563478129, 9781563478123
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Event24th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: 5 Jun 20068 Jun 2006

Publication series

NameCollection of Technical Papers - AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference
Volume1
ISSN (Print)1048-5953

Conference

Conference24th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco, CA
Period5/06/068/06/06

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