Tennis string-bed response measurement

With so many tennis string constructions and materials available, it is interesting to know how they affect the dynamical behaviour when they are woven to form the string-bed. This article investigates the usefulness of a high-speed camera in developing mechanical properties of tennis string-beds. Experimental findings of the ball-string-bed interaction are presented. The results show how recordings of the string-bed’s displacement are processed to plot frequency for different materials. The change in frequency between two different gauges of the same material is also plotted. The results include a full response of the string-bed and a means by which damping characteristics can be determined.