Group: sci.energy
From: your dog
Date: Friday, February 22, 2008 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: Tesla Turbine (again)

> I was never clear on how a flat disk is supposed to couple
> to the working fluid, other than some nebulous explanation
> about a kind of surface tension effect between the disc
> surface and the working fluid molecules.
>
> Apparently the Tesla turbine efficiency is extremely poor
> when a work load is applied.

Not having gotten an answer I'm really happy with, I suppose it's time
to resort to trolling.

...

Do turbine engineers actually UNDERSTAND turbines, or do they just
optimize them with equations and software?