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Chapter 10 Problem 10.99

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Center of Percussion. A baseball bat rests on a frictionless, horizontal surface. The bat has a length of 0.900 m, a mass of 0.800 kg, and its center of mass is 0.600 m from the handle end of the bat (Fig. P10.99). The moment of inertia of the bat about its center of mass is The bat is struck by a baseball traveling perpendicular to the bat. The impact applies an impulse at a point a distance x from the handle end of the bat. What must x be so that the handle end of the bat remains at rest as the bat begins to move? [Hint: Consider the motion of the center of mass and the rotation about the center of mass. Find x so that these two motions combine to give for the end of the bat just after the collision. Also, note that integration of Eq. (10.29) gives (see 10.92).] The point on the bat you have located is called the center of percussion. Hitting a pitched ball at the center of percussion of the bat minimizes the sting the batter experiences on the hands.

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The first step in solving 10 problem number 99 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: Center of Percussion. A baseball bat rests on a frictionless, horizontal surface. The bat has a length of 0.900 m, a mass of 0.800 kg, and its center of mass is 0.600 m from the handle end of the bat (Fig. P10.99). The moment of inertia of the bat about its center of mass is The bat is struck by a baseball traveling perpendicular to the bat. The impact applies an impulse at a point a distance x from the handle end of the bat. What must x be so that the handle end of the bat remains at rest as the bat begins to move? [Hint: Consider the motion of the center of mass and the rotation about the center of mass. Find x so that these two motions combine to give for the end of the bat just after the collision. Also, note that integration of Eq. (10.29) gives (see 10.92).] The point on the bat you have located is called the center of percussion. Hitting a pitched ball at the center of percussion of the bat minimizes the sting the batter experiences on the hands.
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Title Sears and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics 13 
Author Hugh D. Young; Roger A. Freedman; A. Lewis Ford
ISBN 9780321696861

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