Dispositivo de escoamento aerodinâmico induzido para análise do desempenho do serviço de tênis

The present work developed a device for producing an induced aerodynamic flow (EAI) to simulate the environmental constraint, side wind, in the experimental context of analysis on the first tennis serve. For this, we studied the tennis ball behavior under the influence of an EAI in a wind tunnel, and 3D analyzed the ball toss in the first flat serve of 12 experienced tennis players. We designed a device composed of an industrial ventilator with adjustable height and depth to the morphological and technical features of each player. The EAI flow generated by the device is stable and monitorable through a speed variator. The three selected wind speed have constrained the ball toss (simulated by the device) on the x axis (lateral), making the device able to disturb the performance of the tennis serve, recreating therefore in an experimental context a relevant environmental constraint to tennis.