<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Cavitation is a phenomenon with both positive and negative effects and with dynamic manifestations in hydraulic, food, chemical and other machinery. This article deals with the detection and dynamic behavior of cavitation clouds in water flows through a rectangular cross-section convergent-divergent nozzle. Cavitation was measured by methods applicable in engineering practice. Pressure, flow rate, noise, vibration, and amount of air dissolved in the liquid were measured and cavitation region was recorded with a high-speed camera. Evaluation of acquired images in connection with measured pressure pulsations and mechanical vibrations was performed with the use of the FFT method. In certain cases, dimensionless parameters were used to generalize the measurements. The results will be used to specify multiphase mathematical cavitation model parameters.</p></abstract>

Cavitation is a phenomenon with both positive and negative effects and with dynamic manifestations in hydraulic, food, chemical and other machinery. This article deals with the detection and dynamic behavior of cavitation clouds in water flows through a rectangular cross-section convergent-divergent nozzle. Cavitation was measured by methods applicable in engineering practice. Pressure, flow rate, noise, vibration, and amount of air dissolved in the liquid were measured and cavitation region was recorded with a high-speed camera. Evaluation of acquired images in connection with measured pressure pulsations and mechanical vibrations was performed with the use of the FFT method. In certain cases, dimensionless parameters were used to generalize the measurements. The results will be used to specify multiphase mathematical cavitation model parameters.

Methods of Experimental Investigation of Cavitation in a Convergent - Divergent Nozzle of Rectangular Cross Section

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15, 708 33 Ostrava - Poruba, Czech Republic

VUT - Brno University of Technology, Technická 2896/2, 616 69 Brno, Czech Republic

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Cavitation is a phenomenon with both positive and negative effects and with dynamic manifestations in hydraulic, food, chemical and other machinery. This...

Methods of Experimental Investigation of Cavitation in a Convergent - Divergent Nozzle of Rectangular Cross Section

Online veröffentlicht: 19. Aug. 2016

Seitenbereich: 197 - 204

Eingereicht: 24. Feb. 2016

Akzeptiert: 25. Juli 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msr-2016-0024

Schlüsselwörter
Cavitation, diagnostics, experiment, dimensionless analysis, evaluation

© 2016 Jablonská Jana et al., published by De Gruyter Open

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

Methods of Experimental Investigation of Cavitation in a Convergent - Divergent Nozzle of Rectangular Cross Section

Online veröffentlicht: 19. Aug. 2016

Seitenbereich: 197 - 204

Eingereicht: 24. Feb. 2016

Akzeptiert: 25. Juli 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msr-2016-0024

SchlüsselwörterCavitation, diagnostics, experiment, dimensionless analysis, evaluation

© 2016 Jablonská Jana et al., published by De Gruyter Open

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

Schlüsselwörter
Cavitation, diagnostics, experiment, dimensionless analysis, evaluation