scholarly journals Assessment of Cavitation Erosion Damage of Laser Remelted the Superston Alloy

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Majkowska ◽  
W. Serbiński ◽  
I. Skalski
2009 ◽  
Vol 125 (4) ◽  
pp. 2561-2561
Author(s):  
Qi Wang ◽  
Nicholas J. Manzi ◽  
R. Glynn Holt ◽  
Ronald A. Roy ◽  
Robin O. Cleveland

This paper describes the early stages of cavitation damage observed in cavitating venturi tunnels. The cavitating fluids were water and mercury, and a wide range of specimen materials were used. The damage was found to consist of single-event symmetical craters and irregular fatigue-type failures. The degree of damage was highly sensitive to minor flow perturbations, and this is discussed. The effect of stress level in the specimen before testing, and relations between cavitation resistance and the mechanical properties of the materials are considered.


The behaviour of established and potential turbine blade and erosion shield materials subject to impact erosion by water droplets of controlled size has been investigated over a range of impact velocities up to 1040 ft./s. Both the topographical form and the microstructural characteristics of damage have been studied, and correlated with the conditions of the test and the mechanical properties and phase constitution of the materials. It has been found that the rate of erosion, as measured by mass loss, changes during the course of a test. An initial incubation period is generally followed, successively, by periods of increasing, constant, and then decreasing rates of erosion, possibly culminating in a second steady, but lower, rate of erosion.


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