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Differential Boundary-Layer Separation Effects in the Flow over a Rotating Cylinder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

R. T. Griffiths  and
C. Y. Ma
R. T. Griffiths
Affiliation:
University of Wales, Swansea
C. Y. Ma
Affiliation:
University of Wales, Swansea
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When a rotating body is placed in a stream of fluid the viscous drag of the rotating surface moving forward on one side and backwards on the other causes the flow velocity to be lower and hence the pressure on the forward-moving side higher than on the backward-moving side, thus giving a lateral (lift) force L in the direction shown in Fig. 1. This force, known as the Magnus force, is well known to engineers and also to sportsmen. In tennis, for example, top spin is used to swerve a fast ball downwards so that it falls within the required area of play, while in golf the Magnus force causes the all too familiar sliced shot when the club is drawn across the ball at impact.

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Technical Notes
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 73 , Issue 702 , June 1969 , pp. 524 - 528
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1969 

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