Nikola Tesla’s Valvular Conduit (2013)

[billconan]

http://fluidpowerjournal.com/2013/10/teslas-conduit/

[Animats]

Fluidic 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/... [2] http://www.witpress.com/papers/view/23588

[wolfram74]

That would be an interesting open source hardware project, cataloging what's in the expired patent system and help separate the wheat from the chaff.

[aidenn0]

I 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.

[riffraff]

discussed here some years back

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3552290

I seem to recall also another discussion but alas, cannot find it.

[kordless]

I wonder if there is an analogy to this in language?