Scaling Laws for Cavitation Erosion

Abstract

In the report, six scaling laws are derived and used to investigate the feasibility of modeling cavitation erosion. The velocity scale and size scale are studied with regard to six nondimensional ratios, namely. the erosion number, the relative nuclei size, the Weber number, the cavitation number, the cavitation inception number and the degree of cavitation. These scaling laws indicate that it is possible to model erosion in the laboratory and to predict the prototype performance. In addition, these scaling laws may be used to explain many currently available experimental observations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0736934

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  • A. Thiruvengadam

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  • Physics

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  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Underwater engineering and Marine Technology.