Experimental studies are carried out to clarify the structures and erosive properties of rectangular cavitating jets. the jet is supplied from a high pressure pump and injected through a rectangular nozzle of aspect ratio of two or four. It discharges into a test cell at specified constant pressure and impinges against a test specimen of aluminum alloy. The structures of the jets are observed by instantaneous photographs and high-speed movies. The erosion tests are conducted at the injection pressure of 18 MPa and the cavitation number of 0.01, 0.02, and 0.03. It is shown that the structures of the cavitating jets issuing from the rectangular nozzles are completely different from those of circular cavitating jets. Corresponding to the jet structures, the damage patterns by the rectangular cavitating jets are different from those by circular cavitating jets.
展开▼
