the Magnus force is dependent on the speed and direction of the rotation of the object. The Magnus effect is named after Heinrich Gustav Magnus, the...
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External ballistics (section Magnus effect)
2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017. Nenstiel The Magnus effect Nenstiel The Magnus force Nenstiel The Magnus moment "Gyroscopic Drift and Coreolis Acceleration...
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Flettner rotor (section Magnus effect)
along its long axis and, as air passes at right angles across it, the Magnus effect causes an aerodynamic force to be generated in the direction perpendicular...
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aircraft inspired by the Flettner rotor, a type of rotor that uses the Magnus effect to produce lift. Built specifically for Zaparka in 1930 by three anonymous...
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Pressure-gradient force (section Magnus effect)
force which counteracts the force of gravity on the atmosphere. The Magnus effect is an observable phenomenon that is commonly associated with a spinning...
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use his first given name, and was known throughout his life as Gustav Magnus. Magnus was born in Berlin to a Jewish family, his father a wealthy merchant...
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Bouncing ball (section Magnus effect)
the direction of the Magnus force (reverse Magnus effect). In sports like tennis or volleyball, the player can use the Magnus effect to control the ball's...
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A rotor ship is a type of ship designed to use the Magnus effect for propulsion. The ship is propelled, at least in part, by large powered vertical rotors...
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that causes the ball to drop, due to its interaction with the air (Magnus effect). Topspin is the opposite of backspin. In baseball, the curveball, a...
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Look up Magnus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Magnus, meaning "Great" in Latin, was used as cognomen of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus in the first century...
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of the ball to deviate. The Magnus effect is named after German physicist Heinrich Gustav Magnus, who described the effect in 1852. In 1672, Isaac Newton...
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Lift (force) Magnus effect Microelectromechanical systems Microfluidics NOTAR Teapot effect Tesla valve Trench effect "The Coanda effect is a phenomenon...
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Rotor wing (section Magnus rotors)
creates the primary lift. Magnus rotor: a rotor which creates lift via the Magnus effect. Flettner rotor: a smooth cylindrical Magnus rotor with disc end plates...
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force created by the spin of the ball, known as the Magnus Effect, is great enough to offset the effect of the other net forces exerted on the ball such...
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backspin put on airsoft pellets and BBs to increase their range via the Magnus effect. Hop-up devices apply backspin to the projectile reducing the air pressure...
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Newtonian fluid and a black body. He was also the first to explain the Magnus effect. Furthermore, he made early studies into electricity. In addition to...
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relatively parallel to the ball's trajectory, so that the Magnus effect has little or no effect on the trajectory of a cork-spun ball: upon bouncing, the...
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chop shot. Backspin generates an upward force that lifts the ball (see Magnus effect). While a normal hit bounces well forward as well as up, backspin shots...
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Granular material (section Janssen Effect)
They also display fluid-based instabilities and phenomena such as Magnus effect. Granular matter is a system composed of many macroscopic particles...
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force can be similar in magnitude to that caused by spin (i.e. the Magnus effect). In the particle image velocimetry image shown, the seam on the top...
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about a spanwise horizontal axis. When the aircraft moves forward, the Magnus effect creates lift. Anton Flettner, after whom the rotor is named, used it...
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eventually develop into a spin if the pilot does not take corrective action. Magnus effect rotating kites (wing flipping or wing tumbling) that have the rotation...
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lakes in Finland. No results of his investigations are known, but the Magnus effect is confirmed[clarification needed] by Felix van König (1978). Two Savonius...
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matrices, drogues, variable drogues, spiral airfoils, Darrieus turbines, Magnus-effect VAWT blimps, multiple-rotor complexes, fabric Jalbert-parafoil kites...
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should not be confused with rotor ships, which instead rely on the Magnus effect for propulsion. Equipped with a wind conversion device that can rotate...
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reach it. Fastballs are usually thrown with a backspin so that the Magnus effect fastball creates an upward force on the ball. This causes it to fall...
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stalling as the angle of incidence changes with the spinning motion (see magnus effect and flettner rotor). Its mode of flight is more akin to confetti than...
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theorem relates lift to circulation much like the Magnus effect relates side force (called Magnus force) to rotation. However, the circulation here is...
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sails, or Flettner rotors, aid the ship's propulsion by means of the Magnus effect – the perpendicular force that is exerted on a spinning body moving...
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