Achieving of Magnus Effect with Agros Suite

Abstract

When the rotating body gets into the ambiance flow appears the lifting force, called Magnus Effect. That lifting force may be controlled by changing the revolution speed of the body. That phenomenon uses in many engineering applications like wind turbines and marine ships. In this paper, the Magnus Effect simulation is achieved with Agros Suite, a multiplatform application for the solution of physical problems. The article presents the nature of the Magnus Effect and discusses possible applications in engineering. The research question is focused on demonstrating the Magnus Effect with Agros Suite and evaluating the computational power of the personal computer that runs the simulation. The simulation is made keeping in mind the possible application of the Agros Suite tools for Magnus-Effect-based wind generator control algorithms optimization. The simulation result analysis shows that Agros Suite is a reliable tool in accessing and simulation of such phenomena.