Cavitating flow in non-circular opening spool valves with U-grooves

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 223, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2297-2307

  Lu, L ^a   Zou, J ^a   Fu, X ^a   Ruan, X D ^a   Du, X W ^a   Ryu, S ^b   Ochiai, M ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic cavitation; Choked flow; Discharge performance; Inception transition; Spool valve

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC CAVITATION; CHOKED FLOW; DISCHARGE PERFORMANCE; INCEPTION TRANSITION; SPOOL VALVE;

ACOUSTICS; ORIFICES; REELS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

CAVITATION;

EID: 70350191615     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544062JMES1504     Document Type: Article

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