Centrifugal pump performance drop due to leading edge cavitation: Numerical predictions compared with model tests

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 705-711

  Hirschi, R ^a   Dupont, P H ^a   Avellan, F ^a   Favre, J N ^b   Guelich, J F ^b   Parkinson, E ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Sulzer Ltd   (Switzerland)

^c Hydro Vevey SA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0011770892     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2820727     Document Type: Article

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