For tennis players, choosing the right tennis racket can be quite difficult. The transfer of structural load from a tennis racket to a player's hand plays an important role. It is possible to slightly adjust a racket by changing racket weight and string tension. Therefore, we first performed the experimental modal analysis of a tennis racket by changing these parametres. Then we made random excitations of tennis racket by hitting the ball, and controlled excitations using a modal hammer and an electrodinamic shaker. The results showed that using pseudo-force-based transfer path analysis, we are able to predict the responses on the hand and the FRFs from tennis racket handle to the point on the hand. The results of the experimental modal analysis showed that the circular natural frequencies are the most affected by string tension. On the other hand, by changing racket weight we can affect the torsian and bending natural frequencies. By exciting the racket with electrodinamic shaker, we found out that the stronger a player holds the racket, the more vibrations is transfered to the hand.
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