Early turbulence and pulsatile flows enhance diodicity of Tesla’s macrofluidic valve
oleh: Quynh M. Nguyen, Joanna Abouezzi, Leif Ristroph
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2021-05-01 |
Deskripsi
Nguyen et al. take a fresh look at Tesla’s concept of an asymmetric fluidic conduit. They show that for alternating flow at high frequencies the device can almost be operated as a diode, enabled by a transition to turbulent-like flow at rather low Reynolds numbers.