Thanks to @eastcoast_hoops @tristateclassic for the Mixtape. I will be back soon for some more work. #meanstreets #nationallyranked #ncaabasketball #futurephenom #straightballin #iamchicagobasketball #NBA #ballislife🏀
We finally got it to work! Check it out! We used 2 flood lights, 2 go pros, and came in at night to prevent lighting errors and we got a lot of sweet videos and pictures of flow around this football. From this video alone we can see that the boundary layer grows slower and the flow remains attached longer when the ball is spinning vs. when it is not. Of course, the way the ball is mounted prevents 100% accuracy due to interactions with the big wood block, but from this angle, the wake behind the ball is visibly smaller when the ball begins to rotate. This small wake also causes more interaction with the brick, but we can compare the relative size to the 3.5“ long edge of the wood block to get a reasonable measurement.
We can also compare the frames per rotations and the frames per second to back out what the corresponding RPM(or rps) the ball was spinning at. By comparing these two numbers we can have at least some quantitative data to show for our presentation on Monday. Hope it goes well, I hope john can meet me before then...oof.
Thanks to @eastcoast_hoops @tristateclassic for the Mixtape. I will be back soon for some more work. #meanstreets #nationallyranked #ncaabasketball #futurephenom #straightballin #iamchicagobasketball #NBA #ballislife🏀