An experimental investigation and a simple model of valveless pump
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An experimental investigation and a simple model of a valveless pump
We construct a valveless pump consisting of a section of elastic tube and a section of rigid tube, connected in a closed loop and filled with water. By periodically squeezing the elastic tube at an asymmetric location, a persistent flow around the tubes is created. This effect, called the Liebau phenomenon or valveless pumping, has been known for some time, but is still poorly understood. We st...
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