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Cavitation Instabilities and Rotordynamic Effects in Turbopumps and Hydroturbines pp 1–33Cite as

An Introduction to Cavitation in Inducers and Turbopumps

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After a brief review of the fundamental aspects of cavitation relevant to the operation of high-performance inducers and turbopumps, the article summarizes their application to the analysis of pumping systems, illustrates the scaling of cavitation phenomena from model tests to full-scale operation, describes the occurrence of flow-induced instabilities in turbomachinery, and introduces the concepts of static and dynamic instability of pumping systems and their generalization to cavitating turbopump systems.

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d’Agostino, L., Torre, L., Cervone, A., Pace, G., Valentini, D., Pasini, A. (2017). An Introduction to Cavitation in Inducers and Turbopumps. In: d'Agostino, L., Salvetti, M. (eds) Cavitation Instabilities and Rotordynamic Effects in Turbopumps and Hydroturbines. CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 575. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49719-8_1

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