<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The cavitation erosion is the phenomena that causes degradation of fluid flow machinery components due to repetitive implosion of cavitation bubbles adjacent to the solid surface. Cavitation erosion is a complex phenomenon, which includes not only hydrodynamic factors of liquid, but also properties of erodible material e.g. microstructure, hardness or Young modulus. In order to reduce the negative impact of erosion on machine components, there are many methods to increase cavitation erosion resistance. The paper discusses the correlations between structural and mechanical properties and the resistance to cavitation erosion (CER) of pure materials, their alloys and coatings. Methods to increase CER have also been described - using heat / thermo-chemical treatment and application of coatings by various methods.</p></abstract>

The cavitation erosion is the phenomena that causes degradation of fluid flow machinery components due to repetitive implosion of cavitation bubbles adjacent to the solid surface. Cavitation erosion is a complex phenomenon, which includes not only hydrodynamic factors of liquid, but also properties of erodible material e.g. microstructure, hardness or Young modulus. In order to reduce the negative impact of erosion on machine components, there are many methods to increase cavitation erosion resistance. The paper discusses the correlations between structural and mechanical properties and the resistance to cavitation erosion (CER) of pure materials, their alloys and coatings. Methods to increase CER have also been described - using heat / thermo-chemical treatment and application of coatings by various methods.

Cavitation Erosion Resistance Influence of Material Properties

Advances in Materials Science

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The cavitation erosion is the phenomena that causes degradation of fluid flow machinery components due to repetitive implosion of cavitation bubbles adjacent...

Cavitation Erosion Resistance Influence of Material Properties

Published Online: Dec 31, 2019

Page range: 18 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/adms-2019-0019

Keywords
cavitation erosion, erosion, resistance, material properties

© 2019 D. E. Zakrzewska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Cavitation Erosion Resistance Influence of Material Properties

Published Online: Dec 31, 2019

Page range: 18 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/adms-2019-0019

Keywordscavitation erosion, erosion, resistance, material properties

© 2019 D. E. Zakrzewska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
cavitation erosion, erosion, resistance, material properties