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Trajectory of Shuttlecock in Badminton Games Using Newton Second Law
Suzie Surianti Binti Mohd Nasir
Supervisor: Dr. Fatimah Noor Binti Harun
Bachelor of Science (Computational Mathematics)
School of Informatics and Applied Mathematics
Badminton is one of the famous games in the world. Shuttlecock is the main object in
badminton games and it has small mass and large cross-sectional area so it decelerates
fast as it moves in air. Shuttlecock’s characteristic make it has large drag force.
Shuttlecock also produce high aerodynamic force and sharp flight trajectory. The purpose
of this research is to find the equation of shuttlecock’s trajectory using Newton Second
Law, f = ma which is used by finding the terminal velocity. Other objectives is to find the
relationship between angle and velocity towards trajectory and plotted it by using Maple
software. Resistance force is one of the factor that influence the shuttlecock’s trajectory
and it can be modeled in two techniques which is proportional to object speed n = 1, or
to the speed squared, n = 2. Throughout discussion we come to the conclusion that
resistance force for n = 2 is the best for shuttlecock’s trajectory.
1007 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018