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Poisson effect

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Poisson effect [pwä¦soni‚fekt]
(fluid mechanics)
The deflection of a spinning projectile with right-handed spin to the right, and vice versa. Also known as cushion effect.


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As mentioned above, the increased variability due to the presence of the aggregate masks any Poisson effect when averaging over several repetitions at a given horizontal resolution.
 
 
 
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