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Topic: Simulation / Demonstration of table tennis

Posted By: HowToPlayChineseLoop
Subject: Simulation / Demonstration of table tennis
Date Posted: 12/08/2015 at 9:26am

Simulation / Demonstration of table tennis

Introduction

This is the topic where I gradually include my demonstrations/simulation for table tennis. These demonstrations are really helpful, from material to coaching, technique, tactics.The demonstrations are made on the Wolfram Mathematica Language.

Usage:

1 - Install the Wolfram CDF Player in your browser

2 - Enjoy the simulation / demonstration by playing with the parameters

"With its debut in 2007, the Wolfram Demonstrations Project introduced a new paradigm for exploring ideas, providing a universal platform for interactive electronic publishing. The power to easily create interactive visualizations, once the province of computing experts alone, is now in the hands of everyMathematica user. More importantly, anyone around the world can freely use these thousands of fully functional Demonstrations.

All Demonstrations run freely on any standard Windows, Mac, or Linux computer. In fact, you do not even need Mathematica. You can interact with any Demonstration using the free http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/download-cdf-player.html" rel="nofollow - Wolfram CDF Player —for most platforms this happens right in your web browser. If you have Mathematica you can also experiment and modify the code yourself."

Composition of a Table Tennis Blade

Usage:

1 - Rotate and view the blade model in 3D

2 - See the composition of the common blades

The wooden part of a table tennis racket, often called the blade, usually has one to seven plies of wood. Common materials for the blade include balsa, limba, hinoki, koto, carbon, ZLC, and so on. This Demonstration shows the composition of five-ply table tennis blades from well-known brands.

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The 3D model of the table tennis racket imitates a real racket. Each type of material is colored differently.

Some of the characteristics of the materials:

Carbon
Carbon is rather hard, so it provides speed.

Ayous wood
Ayous wood is light and hard.

Koto wood
Koto wood is very hard, and it is generally used as the outer layer of the blade.

Basswood
Basswood is cheap, and it has been used as the wood for table tennis blades for a long time.

Limba wood
Limba wood is soft and is appropriate for control and spin play.

For more information, see: http://www.robbinstabletennis.com/guidebla.htm" rel="nofollow - Robbins Table Tennis Specialities .

Durometer Hardness of Rubber Table Tennis Blades

Usage:

1 - Convert any hardness to the desired scale

2 - Verify and Convert the hardness of the sponge, topsheet to the desired scale

3 - Select the Rubber hardness list to compare between several rubbers

Rubber hardness determines the playing characteristics of table tennis blades (or paddles). However, depending on the manufacturer, hardness is measured on different Shore durometer scales. This Demonstration provides a conversion chart for the common durometer scales, so that different measures of rubber hardness can be converted and compared. A table for both topsheet and sponge for the common table tennis blades is given in the rubber hardness list.

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The Shore A scale is used for testing soft elastomers (rubbers) and other soft polymers. Hard elastomers and most other polymer materials (thermoplastics and thermosets) are measured on the Shore D scale. Chinese table tennis rubbers are normally measured on the Shore A scale, while the rubbers from European factories are measured on the Shore O scale. One can use the "hardness conversion" tab to convert from several Shore scales, while the "rubber hardness list" provides the hardness of both topsheet and sponge of table tennis rubber on the desired scale. For example, a European table tennis rubber with a 50 hardness degree (Shore O) is equivalent to a 37–38 hardness degree Chinese table tennis rubber (Shore A).

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Posted By: jrscatman
Date Posted: 12/08/2015 at 10:31am

Very interesting.

What does the demonstration of the composition do?

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Posted By: HowToPlayChineseLoop
Date Posted: 12/09/2015 at 4:37am

What does the demonstration of the composition do?

This demonstration shows the composition for some wellknown blade.

This is my first try. My next step is to simulate the flex, hardness by using the 3D model.

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Posted By: kindof99
Date Posted: 12/09/2015 at 8:46am

If your demonstration is for general players, you got to include the important part: how to use your simulation for play. I think it really depends on what group of persons the simulation targets at.

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