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written by the NASA Glenn Research Center
edited by Tom Benson

Web site contains java applet which simulates the forces acting on a baseball. The user can change the speed, the spin, the angle and the height of the ball. Additionally, the user can choose from among several ball parks, and weather conditions. The simulation shows the effect of the various parameters on the path of the ball. A wind tunnel panel allows the user to use velocity and pressure probes.

Please note that this resource requires Java Applet Plug-in.

https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/foil2b.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Fluid Mechanics - Dynamics of Fluids = Bernoulli's Principle - General Other Sciences - Engineering	- Lower Undergraduate - High School - Upper Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Curriculum support = Interactive Simulation - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: Does not have a copyright, license, or other use restriction.
Keywords:: Aerodynamics, air pressure, altitude, baseball, curve ball, lift, spin, strike
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created August 9, 2008 by Taha Mzoughi
Record Updated:: August 9, 2008 by Taha Mzoughi
Other Collections:: The Physics Source

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NASA Glenn Research Center. CurveBall. Edited by Tom Benson. https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/foil2b.html (accessed 9 June 2025).

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