Magnus effect
Description
The Magnus effect is the commonly observed effect in which a spinning ball (or cylinder) curves away from its principal flight path.The overall behaviour is similar to that around an airfoil with a circulation which is generated by the mechanical rotation, rather than by airfoil action. On a cylinder, the force due to rotation ( known as Kutta-Joukowski lift), can be analysed in terms of the vortex produced by rotation. .
Related formulasVariables
| F | Lift on the cylinder (force due to rotation) (N) |
| L | Length of the cylinder (m) |
| ρ | Density of the fluid (kg/m3) |
| V | Velocity (m/s) |
| G | Strength of the vortex that is established by the rotation (m2/s) |