Beech wood (Fagus sylvatica L.) flooring structures designed to increase the basketball bounce height

Diaconu, Olimpia-Minerva Turcas; Fotin, Adriana; Coşereanu, Camelia

doi:10.1007/s00107-019-01447-2

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“…All the other structures had a very good ball response and a corresponding energy absorption, which means that they can be used successfully to make the floors of basketball halls. Similar results were obtained by Turcas et al [14,17] and others [10,18,27], which used beech parquet and similar structures.…”

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“…It can be concluded that these types of panel structures are not recommended for the surface of a basketball hall from the perspective of energy absorption. Appropriate values were found by other authors in their works [10,14].…”

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“…The principles of the game at that time are still relevant today. Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world, which emphasizes the spirit of competition and team and contributes to the harmonious development of the human body [14].…”

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“…The absorption and swelling in thickness of the composite plywood were significantly reduced after the surface was hardened with carbon fiber fabric. Turcas Diaconu et al [27] in their study investigated the performance of eight different beech wood floor structures using floor strips with the same length and width of 20 mm and thickness of 15 mm. The tests were performed according to SR EN 12235 [9].…”

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“…Color and gloss were determined before and after the thermal aging process. Turcas (Diaconu) et al [14,27] presented the results of experiments performed on beech floor structures for gyms. These structures are compared with the limits imposed by SR EN 1223:2014 [9] for determining the vertical behavior of the ball (Figure 1).…”

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The Ball Response on the Beech Parquet Floors Used for Basketball Halls

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In recent years, with the occurrence of standards in the field, the realization of parquet floors in basketball halls acquires new values that take into account, among other factors, the response of the ball to touching the floor. That is why the paper aims to test four beech parquet floor structures in order to find optimal solutions for these sports activities. Each structure with an area of 1 m × 1 m includes beech parquet with friezes glued together with vinyl adhesive, fixed on a support of longitudinal spruce slats 20 mm thick in the case of structure A, fixed on a spruce frame in the case of structure B, fixed on a spruce frame and beech taggers in the case of structure C, and fixed on a spruce frame and rubber taggers in the case of structure D. The results of laboratory tests showed the clear advantages of type B structures, of type C structures with a large number of beech shock pads, and D-type structures with a small number of rubber shock pads. All tests were based on the antagonism of the elasticity and rigidity properties of the beech wood. Through methodology and experiment, the research contributes to the construction of beech parquet floors used in basketball halls, in terms of the ball’s response to touching the floor.

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