Dynamical chaos in a simple model of a knuckleball
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Highlights：
• Simplified models of a knuckleball using empirical data for the aerodynamic forces yield dynamical chaos.
• Uncertainties of as little as 0.01% in initial orientation and angular velocity can yield movement of as much as 40 cm at home plate.
• Supports the long conjectured idea that the knuckleball works because of dynamical chaos.
摘要
•Simplified models of a knuckleball using empirical data for the aerodynamic forces yield dynamical chaos.•Uncertainties of as little as 0.01% in initial orientation and angular velocity can yield movement of as much as 40 cm at home plate.•Supports the long conjectured idea that the knuckleball works because of dynamical chaos.
论文关键词：Kunckleball,Baseball,Dynamical chaos
论文评审过程：Received 21 July 2020, Revised 28 August 2020, Accepted 6 September 2020, Available online 28 September 2020, Version of Record 28 September 2020.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2020.125661
