A unified relation for cavitation erosion
Abstract
A power-law relationship between the average erosion rate and cumulative erosion is presented. Data analyses from Venturi, magnetostriction, and liquid-impingement devices conform to this unified relation. A normalization technique is also suggested for prediction purposes.
- Publication:
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International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (ISSN 0020-7403
- Pub Date:
- 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984IJMeS..26..325V
- Keywords:
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- Acceleration (Physics);
- Cavitation Corrosion;
- Cumulative Damage;
- Deceleration;
- Erosion;
- Venturi Tubes;
- Computational Fluid Dynamics;
- Flow Measurement;
- Impingement;
- Magnetostriction;
- Time Dependence;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer