Life Assessment of a Pre Cracked Cricket Bat

Authors

  • Sarvesh Tukaram Badiger University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka
  • Shailesh Laxman Naik ETL Developer, Tata Consultancy Services, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra,
  • Shreenidhi R Kulkarni KLS' Gogte Institute of Technology Udyambagh, Belagavi Karnataka, India-590006 (Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37591/joeam.v10i3.3358

Keywords:

Crack analysis, crack propagation, cricket bat, impact loading, remaining useful life, ANSYS V17

Abstract

Cricket is an interesting game played in many countries wherein a bat made of willow wood is used to strike a leather ball to score runs. This bat fails at a much faster rate in the presence of a crack when compared to a normal bat. In this study, an attempt is made to assess the life of a pre-cracked cricket bat. A crack is initiated in the weak spot region close to the bat blade edge. The experiments are carried out for defensive shots only by fixing up the bat handle for a ball speed of 130 km/h at the point of release. The generated force for this ball speed at the point of contact on the bat is calculated theoretically and applied on to the bat using an impact hammer on the crack zone. A piece of leather is used as a medium in between the impact hammer and bat. The data from experiments are used to assess life theoretically. The experimental and theoretical results show that the life of the bat is estimated to be 787 shots and 843 shots respectively. These results are validated by simulating in ANSYS V17. It was found that the remaining useful lives estimated by both methods are in good agreement with each other.

Author Biographies

Sarvesh Tukaram Badiger, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka

M.Tech (Thermal Science and Engineering)

II Year

Dept. Of Mechanical Engg.

University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE)

K. R. Circle Bengaluru-560001.

Shailesh Laxman Naik, ETL Developer, Tata Consultancy Services, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra,

Shailesh L. Naik

ETL Developer

Tata Consultancy Services

Powai, Mumbai.

 

Shreenidhi R Kulkarni, KLS' Gogte Institute of Technology Udyambagh, Belagavi Karnataka, India-590006 (Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi)

Shreenidhi R. Kulkarni

Asst. Professor

Dept. of Mechanical Engg.

KLS' Gogte Institute of Technology

Udyambagh, Belagavi

Karnataka, India-590006

 

References

Sarvesh Tukaram Badiger, Shailesh Laxman Naik, Shreenidhi R. Kulkarni. Life Assessment of a Pre-cracked Cricket Bat Journal of Experimental & Applied Mechanics. 2019; 10(3): 22–29p

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Published

2019-11-12

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2019)

Section

Research Article

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