Recent content by ael65

Lets try to transform Magnus into spinning-top (actually spinning-front). This perhaps will clarify: Magnus> have a clockwise spinning cylinder enveloped with horizontal (right to left) linear air flow normal to the axis . At the bottom air is dragged by rotation and airflow speed increase...

Believe me, you don't want to see my drawing, they are worst then explanation. I'm not sure what do you mean (perhaps a little drawing... :-p). Bernoulli effect describes pressure difference caused by fluid in motion. The direction of motion is immaterial, e.g. pressure in a stright pipe...

OK. Cylinder has a top (shape round) and a bottom (shape round) and the 2 are connected with a help of rectangular piece that is rolled up to create a tube. In other words, top and bottom are of the shape of both ends of a tube. This is all I can say about cylinder. As for the rest, I'm...

pi phase change is not occurring when vibrating media at the reflection point is allowed to vibrate (water bouncing off the wall) but only when it is fixed (attached string) see visualization: http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos/reflect/reflect.html -al

Hello Jeff, What is your take on a problem I described in "Bernoulli's spinning-top-cylinder problem" thread ? On one hand it looks like a little modified Magnus effect. On the other, there is something disconcerning about getting lift for free. -al

Thx Meir, I already found article on "STARK EFFECTS ON RIGID ROTOR WAVEFUNCTIONS" which explained how probability of molecule orientation will depend on kinetic enrgy, dipole moment and strength of electric field. There are QM states to be considered, but simple classical approximation can...

Lets assume that vacuum empty cylinder has a spinning top. Rotational speed at circumference is V. Cylinder axis is oriented verticaly. Cylinder is surranded by air at athmospheric pressure and weights slightly more then displaced air. According to Bernoulli principle there should be...

what mechanism is providing a "dumping" ? Is this EM radiation from oscilating charge ? -ael

what happens to gas dipole molecule when electric field E is turn on ? a) is going to rotate to lined up with vector E and stay like that ? b) is going to oscilate, like pendulum, pointing on average toward E ? c) none of the above. d) is every collision going to flip molecule unpredictible...