Ever Heard of the “Coanda Effect” in Physics?

 

Do you think this will be used in futuristic transportation?  Not necessarily interstellar but efficient travel here?

Here is more about the effect from wikipedia:

An early description of this phenomenon was provided by Thomas Young in a lecture given to The Royal Society in 1800:

The lateral pressure which urges the flame of a candle towards the stream of air from a blowpipe is probably exactly similar to that pressure which eases the inflection of a current of air near an obstacle. Mark the dimple which a slender stream of air makes on the surface of water. Bring a convex body into contact with the side of the stream and the place of the current.

We hope you enjoy the video and we look forward to more applications of the Coanda effect used in transportation.  The hyperloop will likely be using superconductors so a potential mix could be really cool.



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