<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The cavitation and cavitation erosion phenomenon have been shortly presented. The main four types of test rigs to investigate the cavitation erosion resistance have been shown. Each type of test design is described and an example of a design is shown. A special attention has been payed to the designs described in the International ASTM Standards: a vibratory design and a cavitating jet cell. There was shown that the design of a test device and the test conditions affect the resistance to cavitation erosion of a material.</p></abstract>

The cavitation and cavitation erosion phenomenon have been shortly presented. The main four types of test rigs to investigate the cavitation erosion resistance have been shown. Each type of test design is described and an example of a design is shown. A special attention has been payed to the designs described in the International ASTM Standards: a vibratory design and a cavitating jet cell. There was shown that the design of a test device and the test conditions affect the resistance to cavitation erosion of a material.

Cavitation Erosion – Phenomenon and Test Rigs

Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery, Polish Academy of Sciences

Advances in Materials Science

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The cavitation and cavitation erosion phenomenon have been shortly presented. The main four types of test rigs to investigate the cavitation erosion resistance...

Cavitation Erosion – Phenomenon and Test Rigs

Published Online: Jul 28, 2018

Page range: 15 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/adms-2017-0028

Keywords
cavitation, cavitation erosion, test rig

© 2018 A. K. Krella et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Cavitation Erosion – Phenomenon and Test Rigs

Published Online: Jul 28, 2018

Page range: 15 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/adms-2017-0028

Keywordscavitation, cavitation erosion, test rig

© 2018 A. K. Krella et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
cavitation, cavitation erosion, test rig