Fluid Mechanics
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ISBN: 9780073398273
Author: Frank M. White
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 7, Problem 7.94P
Baseball drag data from the University of Texas are shown in Fig. P7.94. A baseball weighs approximately 5.12 ounces and has a diameter of 2.91 in. Hall-of-Famer Nolan Ryan, in a 1974 game, threw the fastest pitch ever recorded:
108.1 mi/h. If it is 60 ft from Nolan’s hand to the catcher’s mitt, estimate the sea-level ball velocity which the catcher experiences for (a) a normal baseball, and (b) a perfectly smooth baseball.
Fig. P7.94
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