Cavitation erosion definition

ASTM G 32, Method for Vibratory Cavitation Erosion Test— This standard presents a test method for determining the susceptibility of an alloy in an electrolyte to cavitation damage using high-frequency vibration. In general, the rate of erosion is determined by weight loss of the specimen. The method contains terminology definitions, a description of the apparatus, test specimen dimensions and preparation, test conditions, test procedures, interpretation of residts, and report considerations. 

Plastics are frequently used for applications requiring erosion resistance, but there does not seem to be much activity or interest in the tribology community of the 1990s. However, there are a number of tests that are applied and have been used to rate erosion resistance of plastics. Erosion, by definition, is progressive loss of material fiom a solid surface due to mechanical interaction between that surfitce and a fluid, a multicomponent fluid, or impinging liquid or solid particles (3). The field of erosion is usually separated into a number of forms of erosion liquid erosion, either continuous stream or droplet, solid particle erosion, slurry erosion, and cavitation erosion. Each have separate laboratory tests. 

Cell-Wall-Degrading Bacteria. The classification of bacterial decay types is based on the micromorphology of attack. Three main types of bacterial attack have been described so far through microscopy erosion, tunneling, and cavitation. They have been named after specific characteristics of the attack. Observations suggest that further forms of attack await description. Several other decay patterns of wood cells are suspected of being caused by bacteria, but no definite evidence is available. 

FYom the multitude of intricate corrosion processes in the presence of mechanical action (friction, erosion, vibration, cavitation, fretting and so on) it is justified to touch upon corrosion types joined under a single failure mode induced by mechanical stresses. These are the stresses that govern the corrosion wear rate of metals during friction. Such processes are usually called corrosion stress-induced cracking in the case that the mechanical action is effective only in one definite direction, or otherwise termed corrosion fatigue in the case that compressive and tensile stresses alternate within cycles. In spite of the differences between the appearance of these corrosion types, they have much in common, e.g. fundamental mechanisms, the causes, and they overlap to a certain degree [19]. 

ASTM G 40, Terminology Relating to Wear and Erosion— This contains terms and their definitions relating erosion corrosion and cavitation of materials. 

Further tests with various metals having different types of crystalline domains will have to be conducted before this electrolytic erosion can be definitely verified. However, past studies by various investigators tend to indicate that some erosive action other than high intensity mechanical forces are necessary to produce the high rate of deterioration and specific erosion patterns observed in hydraulic pumps and other equipment subject to severe cavitation. 

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