EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH OF WATER OUTFLOW  FROM A VERTICAL TUBE THROUGH A TESLA VALVE

Dj. N. Iskhakova; H. N. Kolesov; A. E. Dubinov

doi:10.26583/vestnik.2024.5.2

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH OF WATER OUTFLOW FROM A VERTICAL TUBE THROUGH A TESLA VALVE

Dj. N. Iskhakova, H. N. Kolesov, A. E. Dubinov

https://doi.org/10.26583/vestnik.2024.5.2

EDN: JZCTNT

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Abstract

The modes of the water outflow from a vertical cylindrical vessel through a Tesla valve connected in direct or reverse directions were experimentally studied. The kinematics of the water level decrease in the vessel was recorded. It was found that the time of the vessel emptying through a Tesla valve considerably exceeds the time of the vessel emptying through an ordinary tube of a smaller cross-section (both for direct and reverse switching on of the valve). Emptying of the valve at the direct switching on is twice faster than at the reverse one. The velocity of the water column level decreases with time linearly. The obtained data prove that the valve has diodicity, and that the liquid outflow from the vessel through the Tesla valve follow to some analog of the Torricelli's law kinematically with different effective slowing factors.

Keywords

Tesla valve, diodicity, Torricelli's law, slowing factor

About the Authors

Dj. N. Iskhakova

Sarov Institute of Physics and Technology – Branch of National Research Nuclear University «Moscow Engineering Physics Institute» (SarFTI–NRNU MEPhI)
Russian Federation

H. N. Kolesov

Sarov Institute of Physics and Technology – Branch of National Research Nuclear University «Moscow Engineering Physics Institute» (SarFTI–NRNU MEPhI); Russian Federal Nuclear Center – All-Russia Scientific and Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFNC–VNIIEF)
Russian Federation

A. E. Dubinov

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Iskhakova D.N., Kolesov H.N., Dubinov A.E. EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH OF WATER OUTFLOW FROM A VERTICAL TUBE THROUGH A TESLA VALVE. Vestnik natsional'nogo issledovatel'skogo yadernogo universiteta "MIFI". 2024;13(5):293-302. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26583/vestnik.2024.5.2. EDN: JZCTNT

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