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Sep 1973
Cavitation in Butterfly Valves
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Volume 99, Issue 9
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Tests made at Colorado State University have resulted in a generalization of cavitation data making them useful in developing pipeline designs utilizing butterfly valves as controls. Related cavitation design criteria evolved from the tests and the cavitation parameters considered in developing designs for water systems in which butterfly valves are used are presented. Methods for defining capacity and specific degrees of cavitation intensity (incipient, critical, and choking or supercavitation) and for evaluating cavitation design limits are given. The importance of scale effects related to system pressure and size of valve is stressed and procedures for adjusting these scale effects are outlined. The cavitation characteristics of butterfly valves have been generalized and an example of the application of these data to the design of water conveyance systems is offered.
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Journal of the Hydraulics Division
Volume 99 • Issue 9 • September 1973
Pages: 1303 - 1318
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© 1973 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Sep 1973
Published online: Feb 3, 2021
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James W. Ball, F.ASCE
Res. Assoc., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, Colo
J. Paul Tullis, M.ASCE
Assoc. Prof. of Civ. Engrg., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, Colo
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