Research Article
Jul 1975
Predicting Cavitation in Sudden Enlargements
Publication: Journal of the Hydraulics Division
Volume 101, Issue 7
Abstract
In recent years incipient, critical, and choking cavitation levels have been introduced as design criteria for orifices and valves in pipelines. Recent studies have evaluated a fourth level, incipient cavitation damage, for orifices that is applicable to the design of sudden-enlargement energy dissipators. Design data for these four levels are included in the paper. Since cavitation in prototype structures can differ from that predicted by model studies, research has also been directed toward evaluation of scale effects. The existence of scale effects due to pressure, size, and geometry for four levels of cavitation are examined herein and methods and equations for adjusting reference test data to structures of other sizes operating under different pressure conditions are presented. The location and distribution of cavitation pitting on the pipe wall downstream from the sudden enlargement are identified. The pitting is a function of expansion ratio and cavitation intensity.
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Journal of the Hydraulics Division
Volume 101 • Issue 7 • July 1975
Pages: 857 - 870
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© 1975 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jul 1975
Published online: Feb 3, 2021
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James W. Ball, F.ASCE
Research Assoc. Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, Colo.
Travis Stripling
Assoc. Prof., of Civ. Engrg., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, Colo.
J. Paul Tullis, M.ASCE
Grad. Research Asst., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, Colo.
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