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Nikola Tesla’s Valvular Conduit (2013)
- wolfram74 11y agoThat would be an interesting open source hardware project, cataloging what's in the expired patent system and help separate the wheat from the chaff.
- riffraff 11y agodiscussed here some years back https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3552290 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3552290 I seem to recall also another discussion but alas, cannot find it.
- Animats 11y agoFluidic diodes have been built and used, but the most common design is a "vortex diode".[1] Something similar to Tesla's design has been built and used, though.[2] The main applications are in nuclear reactors, where there's a need for one-way valves that will last many decades without servicing. A no-moving-parts solution is preferred. [1] http://www.nuvisioneng.com/Portals/0/ProductProfiles/Legacy/VORTEXDIODE.pdf http://www.nuvisioneng.com/Portals/0/ProductProfiles/Legacy/... [2] http://www.witpress.com/papers/view/23588 http://www.witpress.com/papers/view/23588
- kordless 11y agoI wonder if there is an analogy to this in language?
- aidenn0 11y agoI wonder if you injected fuel into a chamber between two of these if you could have a new design for a no-moving-parts pulse-jet. Also, I'm having trouble imagining what this would look like in 3d.