ACOUSTIC DETECTION OF CAVITATIONINCEPTION | ||||
| ERJ. Engineering Research Journal | ||||
| Article 8, Volume 38, Issue 4, October 2015, Page 327-338 PDF (960.73 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/erjm.2015.66854 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| M.A Hosien; S.M Selim | ||||
| Mechanical Power Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Menoufyia University, Shebin El-Kom Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| An experimental study has been carried out in order to investigate the noise radiated by various cavitating sources to determine the validity of noise measurements for detecting the onset of cavitation. Measurements have been made measuring the noise radiated by a number of configurations in a water tunnel at various operating condition to determine the onset of cavitation. The measurements have been conducted over a frequency range of 31.5 Hz to 31.5 kHz in onethird octave bands. The onset of cavitation was measured visually through a Perspex side of the working section of the water tunnel. Moreover, a theoretical estimate of the pressure radiated from the cavitation nuclei at their critical radii and frequency was presented. Tests indicated that, generally, at the point of visual inception there was a marked rise of the sound pressure level in the high-frequency noise, whilst the low-frequency noise increased as the cavitation developed. This finding was supported by the theoretical estimate of the pulsating frequency of cavitation nuclei. The results illustrated that the visual observations of inception confirm the noise measurements. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Cavitation; Noise; Sound Pressure Level; Acoustic | ||||
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