Tribology

Cavitation
Teacher: Mrs. Hai
Student: Nguyen Bui The Bao
Introduction

What is cavitation?
Phase diagram
Reasons for cavitation
Why pressure becomes very low?
Piping systems
Collapse of cavitation bubbles in slow motion
Detail of cavitation bubbles
Damaged surfaces
summary
What is cavitation?

Rapid formation and collapse of vapor bubbles within a liquid

Phase diagram
>At which pressures and temperatures is water solid, liquid or vapourised?
Phase diagram
Phase diagram
Phase diagram
Reasons for cavitation

Static pressure decreases below the vapor pressure

Other factor such as fluid contamination and dissolved gas in the fluid are
neglected
=>formation of vapor bubbles
How is it possible that the pressure becomes very low
in certain areas of a fluid?
Piping system through which water is
circulated
Collapse of cavitation bubbles in slow motion
What happens when a cavitation bubble
collapses close to a solid surface?
Cavitation erosion in bearing
Summary
limit or reduce damage
from cavitation erosion:

Increasing the oil feed

pressure
Modifying the bearing groove,
blending edges or contours of
grooves to promote
streamline flow
Reducing running clearance
Changing to a harder bearing
material
Thank you for your attention!

Reference:
illustration images kindly provided by Andy HG