Going, Going, Gone: The Corking of Wooden Baseball Bats

Overview

Objectives/Goals My project was to determine wether Professional Baseball players are recieving better preformance by corking their wooden baseball bats. Methods/Materials Three wooden baseball bats of the same kind, shape, and weight were filled with a different material, steel aluminum, wood, and cork. A ball was attached to a string and dropped from three different fixed points onto each baseball bat. Results The cork filled baseball bat made the ball rebound back the farthest. Then the aluminum, wood, and the steel. Conclusions/Discussion According to my final results, the cork bat rebounded the farthest. I now know that cork and aluminum have more elasticity than wood. Maybe the idea of corking a bat is right, but cheating isn't

Competition history

• CSEF 2002 Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing · Entry J0233

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