Published December 13, 2016
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On the Dynamics of a Cavitating Pump
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- Brennen, Christopher Earls
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This paper presents a review of some of the recent developments in our understanding of the dynamics and instabilities caused by cavitation in pumps. Focus is placed on presently available data for the transfer functions for cavitating pumps and inducers, particularly on the compliance and mass flow gain factor which are so critical for pump and system stability. The resonant frequency for cavitating pumps is introduced and contexted. Finally emphasis is placed on the paucity of our understanding of pump dynamics when the device or system is subjected to global oscillation.
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© 2016 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. Accepted papers received: 21 November 2016; Published online: 13 December 2016. The author wishes to acknowledge the extensive and valuable support provided by the NASA George Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, during much of the research discussed in this paper. I also owe a great debt to my colleague and collaborator Allan Acosta as well as to numerous students at Caltech.Attached Files
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