Nearly a century ago was launched the first ship with Flettner rotors, that take advantage of Magnus effect. A variable electric drive system, which is powered by the ship’s low voltage network, is used for rotation of the Rotor Sail. So the answer to the question is, YES, it is possible. Heinrich Gustav Magnus’ father, the wealthy … In chemical research, he discovered the first of the platino-ammonium compounds compounds.. Heinrich Gustav Magnus – Early Years. At that time he also stated that it was not possible to give a In low Reynolds number flows, fluid entrainment occurs due to particle rotation. A Magnus effect rotor for ship propulsion is provided constructed as a series of cylindrical sections 11 increasing stepwise in diameter from section to section up the height of the rotor so that the rotor can be retracted telescopically into a well 17 in the ship's deck. (Watch video) It is called the Magnus Effect. The thrust induced by the Magnus effect can be utilized in ship propulsion by placing a cylinder on the open deck of the vessel and by rotating it around its vertical axis. But what will probably baffle you is that they have used the same physics to propel the ship, that a footballer uses while doing the banana free kicks! He is best known for the Magnus effect (the lift force produced by a rotating cylinder, which for example, gives the curve to a curve ball). The rudder will end failing. He attempted to explain the curved path of a ball in terms of the Magnus effect by calculating the Magnus force from the pressure distribution of a rotating body. The Magnus effect characterizes a phenomenon where a rotating object immersed in a flowing fluid sustains a force perpendicular to the line of its rotating motion. In the year 1877 Lord John Rayleigh wrote an article On the irregular flight of tennis balls [6]. On May 2, 1802, German physicist Heinrich Gustav Magnus was born. Discussion in 'Propulsion' started by 1J1, Mar 6, 2017. It will transform the cargo ship in a vessel with such a drag that all benefits will be annihilated. You might recall the Magnus Effect from demonstrations such as throwing a basketball with a lot of backspin from the top of a towering dam. Magnus effect, generation of a sidewise force on a spinning cylindrical or spherical solid immersed in a fluid (liquid or gas) when there is relative motion between the spinning body and the fluid.Named after the German physicist and chemist H.G. As a result, the velocity on one side of the particle will increase, while decreasing on the other side. Page 3 of 3 < Prev 1 2 3.