Thursday, May 9, 2013

Test Procedure and Results

Our test rig allowed a ball to be swung from a pendulum from 11 different heights which corresponded to hitting the bat in 11 different spots. These spots were from 0-10 inches away from the bottom of the bat. For each trial, a ball was released from 40 degrees to ensure that the bat would be hit with a constant force. While the ball was released, the accelerometer that was mounted to the handle of the bat was turned on, recording 3 seconds worth of data.

The data that came from our testing was raw accelerometer data in the X, Y, and Z directions. The data was “raw” because it was unprocessed values that came straight from the accelerometer. Over the 3 second period that each test was being administered, the accelerometer took 300 readings in each the X, Y, and Z directions. The next step is to process that data and further analyze it to find the sweet spot of each bat.  


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