EFFECT OF LIQUID VISCOSITY ON CAVITATION DAMAGE BASED ON ANALYSIS OF EROSION PARTICLES

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Mechanical Engineering Dept., Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

2 Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Majmaah University ,Saudi Arabia

Abstract

The effect of viscosity on the wear particles produced by vibratory
cavitation erosion tests on Al-99.92 in distilled water and glycerol-water
solutions was analyzed. Scanning electron microscope images of wear
particles during incubation period were obtained. The surface
topography examination revealed that the erosion particles were formed
by fatigue. The particles removed from glycerol-water solutions differ
from that formed in distilled water, where fatigue striations formed on
the particle surface for glycerol-water solutions and not formed for
distilled water. Therefore, the stress produced by cavitation bubbles
decreases with increase of viscosity.

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JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences
Volume 39, No 2
March and April 2011
Pages 327-336

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