Tesla valve
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A Tesla Valve is a valve allowing for a fluid
to flow very preferentially (or entirely) in one direction, but without the moving parts usually found in valves. The principle is that currents flow along different paths in different directions, and that these differences have a disproportionate effect on the resistance of the valve. Named after Nikola Tesla
, it was invented in 1916 (U.S. patent 1,329,559; patented 1920). In practice, the idea has seen little development or use since its invention. A similar mechanism is used for mixing on a small scale through the use of a Coanda effect mixer
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Fluid
In physics, a fluid is a substance that continually deforms under an applied shear stress. Fluids are a subset of the phases of matter and include liquids, gases, plasmas and, to some extent, plastic solids....
to flow very preferentially (or entirely) in one direction, but without the moving parts usually found in valves. The principle is that currents flow along different paths in different directions, and that these differences have a disproportionate effect on the resistance of the valve. Named after Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...
, it was invented in 1916 (U.S. patent 1,329,559; patented 1920). In practice, the idea has seen little development or use since its invention. A similar mechanism is used for mixing on a small scale through the use of a Coanda effect mixer
Coanda effect mixer
-References:* C.H. Ahn, et al. "A novel in-plane passive micromixer using Coanda Effect" Proc. of the \mu-TAS 2001 Symposium, Monterey 2001, ed. by J.M. Ramsay, A. van den Berg , 31-33...
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