Nawoj, Henry John (1956) Cavitation studies in axial inducers. Engineer's thesis, California Institute of Technology. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06162004-153833
Cavitation development was investigated in axial inducers from inception to impeller breakdown using the conventional hydraulic parameters and direct visual observation. Five distinct regimes of cavitation development were observed, and the noise and vibration associated with cavitating pumps was found to occur principally in only one regime of cavitation development. Cavitation in a highly cavitating inducer was found to be adequately modeled using the cavitation similarity number introduced by Prandtl. A simple model is presented for impeller breakdown and experimental data indicate that the general requirements for impeller breakdown given by the model are exhibited in the experimental impellers. A modification to the cavitation number is suggested to accommodate the effusion of dissolved gases from the working fluid into the cavities.
|Item Type:||Thesis (Engineer's thesis)|
|Degree Grantor:||California Institute of Technology|
|Division:||Engineering and Applied Science|
|Thesis Availability:||Public (worldwide access)|
|Defense Date:||1 January 1956|
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|Deposited On:||17 Jun 2004|
|Last Modified:||26 Dec 2012 02:53|
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