Cavitation Inception in Spool Valves
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Cavitation Inception in Spool Valves
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Martin, C. Samuel
Medlarz, H. Wiggert, D. C. Brennen, C. |
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Caltech Library Services
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Cavitation has been investigated in directional control valves in order to identify damage mechanisms characteristic of components of aircraft hydraulic systems. Tests have been conducted in a representative metal spool valve and in a model three times larger. Data taken under noncavitating conditions with both valves showed that the position of the high-velocity annular jet shifts orientation, depending upon valve opening and Reynolds number. By means of high-frequency response pressure transducers strategically placed in the valve chamber cavitation could be sensed by the correlation of noise with a cavitation index. The onset of cavitation can be detected by comparing energy spectra for a fixed valve opening and a constant discharge. Another sensitive indicator of cavitation inception is the ratio of cavitating to noncavitating spectral densities. The incipient cavitation number as defined in this investigation is correlated with the Reynolds number for both valves.
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1981-12
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Article
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application/pdf
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http://authors.library.caltech.edu/128/1/MAR047.pdf
Martin, C. Samuel and Medlarz, H. and Wiggert, D. C. and Brennen, C. (1981) Cavitation Inception in Spool Valves. Journal of Fluids Engineering, 103 (4). pp. 564-576. ISSN 0098-2202. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:MARjfe81 <http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:MARjfe81> |
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http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:MARjfe81
http://authors.library.caltech.edu/128/ |
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