Degradation and Protection of Materials from Cavitation Erosion: A Review. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2023 The phenomena of cavitation and cavitation erosion affect hydraulic machines, increasing their maintenance costs. Both these phenomena and also the methods of preventing the destruction of materials are presented.
Krella AK.
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Cavitation erosion by shockwave self-focusing of a single bubble. [PDF]
Ultrason Sonochem, 2022 Highlights • An intensified collapse by self-focusing of shockwaves emitted during the collapse is proposed as main mechanism of cavitation erosion of hard materials.• Cavitation erosion occurs only for bubble collapses at close stand-off below γ≲0.2 ...
Reuter F, Deiter C, Ohl CD.
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The Influence of Heat Aging Treatments on the Cavitation Erosion Behavior of a Type 6082 Aluminum Alloy. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2023 It is known that a number of parts that operate in liquid media, such as the propellers of motorboats and pleasure river vessels, as well as the rotors of household pumps and the radiators and pumps in the cooling system of motor vehicles are made, as a ...
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A Review of Cavitation Erosion on Pumps and Valves in Nuclear Power Plants. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)The cavitation erosion failure of pumps or valves induces the low efficiency and reduced service life of nuclear reactors. This paper reviews works regarding the cavitation erosion of pumps and valves in the nuclear power industry and academic research ...
Gao G, Guo S, Li D.
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Effect of Initial Surface Scratches on the Cavitation Erosion Behavior of 316L Stainless Steel Substrates and 316L Stainless Steel Coatings. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2023 Rough surfaces have been widely considered as negative factors affecting cavitation erosion resistance. However, this study presented the opposite result.
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Effect of Microstructure and Hardness on Cavitation Erosion and Dry Sliding Wear of HVOF Deposited CoNiCrAlY, NiCoCrAlY and NiCrMoNbTa Coatings. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2021 Metallic coatings based on cobalt and nickel are promising for elongating the life span of machine components operated in harsh environments. However, reports regarding the ambient temperature tribological performance and cavitation erosion resistance of
Szala M, Walczak M, Świetlicki A.
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Effect of Nitrogen Ion Implantation on the Cavitation Erosion Resistance and Cobalt-Based Solid Solution Phase Transformations of HIPed Stellite 6. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2021 From the wide range of engineering materials traditional Stellite 6 (cobalt alloy) exhibits excellent resistance to cavitation erosion (CE). Nonetheless, the influence of ion implantation of cobalt alloys on the CE behaviour has not been completely ...
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Mitigating cavitation erosion using biomimetic gas-entrapping microtextured surfaces (GEMS). [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2020 Insect-inspired surfaces repel bubble jets. Cavitation refers to the formation and collapse of vapor bubbles near solid boundaries in high-speed flows, such as ship propellers and pumps.
Gonzalez-Avila SR +5 more
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Cavitation Erosion Risk Assessment for a Marine Propeller Behind a Ro-Ro Container Vessel
The Physics of Fluids, 2023 A novel cavitation erosion risk model, developed by Schenke et al. ["On the relevance of kinematics for cavitation implosion loads," Phys. Fluids 31, 052102 (2019)], is applied to compute the cavitation implosion loads.
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Wear, 2023 Stainless steels are commonly used in hydraulic components where they may be susceptible to cavitation erosion. In this study the cavitation erosion resistance of AISI 420-type stainless steel is examined after quenching and partitioning (Q & P) heat ...
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