| There are a number of tests and methods used in the golf industry that attempt to measure and characterize golf shaft performance. The first portion of this work shows that these tests can be modeled and studied analytically using beam finite elements. In the second portion, the golf shaft is dynamically modeled and optimized within a finite element simulation of a golf swing. During the optimization, parameters of the golf shaft are varied and the performance is measured by the launch and spin characteristics of the golf ball after impact. |
