This Tesla Valve Straw Only Works In One Direction

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In this video I show you a straw that is made as a tesla valve. I talk about what a tesla valve is and how it works as a one way flow valve. I also talk about what tesla might have used the valve for in his work.

Tesla Valve Straw .STL file:www.thingiverse.com/thing:3050153

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コメント (21)
  • “Why would you want a one way straw?” So the kids don’t blow bubbles in their drinks
  • @kamo7293
    A clear version would be even better if it's possible then we could see the fluid impeding itself
  • @falconeio
    I'd love to see this done with a clear version and colored fluid, so we can see how it's actually flowing inside.
  • A one-way straw would be useful if you're sharing a drink from the same cup because the valve at the end of the straw makes sure no liquid being sipped goes back into the drink.
  • "is it harder to suck in one direction than the other" looking at my life choices i suck in both directions
  • The reason(other than it being ineffective) we don't use valves like that in the plumbing trades is because mostly due to how difficult it would be to service, and build up of debris would be awful
  • I think if you used a constant pressure feed you would possibly see more of a difference because gravity just pulls the fluid downward and fills the loop and flows to the next. If it were flat on a table perhaps it could build up more backpressure. I don't think it created any back pressure there.
  • @crobodile
    “Can I have some of your drink?” “Yeah just flip the straw over to the side I didn’t put my lips on.”
  • Is this why Half-Life 3 hasn't released yet? It's going the wrong way through the valve?
  • My question is if it impeads the flow of air enough to discourage a child from blowing bubbles
  • Actually it turns up to be an excellent noise supressor . I found that being a kid in the 80's when i visited the military ship where my father was chief engineer. The romanian military ships on the Danube had that on the engine's exhaust, it was made in pairs of loops,so the tipical diesel engine noise was silenced. At the exhaust tube could be seen smoke coming out in uniform flow but without the noise.
  • "Why would you want a one-way straw?" For sharing a drink. Shudders at backwash
  • I could see a one-way straw being useful when drinking something carbonated. When I have a regular straw in a carbonated drink, the bubbles adhere to the straw and pull it up, sometimes enough that it falls out of the cup. If there were a one-way valve, the weight of the liquid in the straw may help reduce the floatation from the bubbles, thus helping keep the straw in the drink.
  • 1:15 the moment i thought he'd now surely mention Tricuspid and Bicuspid Valve too
  • TAL:As you can see, no water is coming out... Water: Is coming out
  • @L3GioG57A
    4:14 “I can still get it, but it is a lot harder. I can barely get any water unless I suck hard. This way, it comes right in.”
  • @ge7647
    "Why on earth you want to buy 1 way straw" Good Point
  • This is my favorite science channel. I must be the only subscriber that didn't know you are a doctor. You earned a doctorate in Chemical Engineering. Not many PhD's with a popular YouTube channel. Please don't stop educating us. This is also my son's favorite science channel.