NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF STRAIN MEASUREMENT ON THE PLAYER ARM DUE TO IMPACT OF BALL ON CRICKET BAT.

Cricket is one of the most popular games among young players in India. The game result is purely based on the runs scored by the teams within the prescribed "overs". Hence the players will put maximum effort to score maximum runs as much as possible. The effort is how much force the players can exert on the bat while hitting the ball so that the ball can travel maximum distance in the ground. The average velocity of the ball thrown by the bowler is in the range of 40 km/h to 150 km/h which depends on the bowling speed of the bowler. Due to such high velocity of the ball hitting on the bat, high impact force is generated on the bat as well as on the arm of the player. This paper studies the strain, stress and energy due to ball impact force with different velocities using numerical method. Also experimental verification for strain measurement is done in real time using data acquisition devices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]