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Cavitation Instabilities and Rotordynamic Effects in Turbopumps and Hydroturbines

Turbopump and Inducer Cavitation, Experiments and Design

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Editors:
  1. Luca d'Agostino

    1. Civil and Industrial Engineering De, Pisa University, Pisa, Italy

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  2. Maria Vittoria Salvetti

    1. Civil and Industrial Engineering Dept., Pisa University, Pisa, Italy

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  • Detailed approach to the physics, fluid dynamics, modeling, experimentation and numerical simulation of cavitation phenomena in turbopumps and hydroturbines
  • Special emphasis on cavitation-induced instabilities and their implications on the design and operation of high performance turbopumps and hydraulic turbines
  • State-of-the-art review of current research activities and perspectives on the above topics
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM, volume 575)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. An Introduction to Cavitation in Inducers and Turbopumps

    • Luca d’Agostino, Lucio Torre, Angelo Cervone, Giovanni Pace, Dario Valentini, Angelo Pasini
    Pages 1-33

  3. Experimental Methods for the Study of Hydrodynamic Cavitation

    • Steven L. Ceccio, Simo A. Mäkiharju
    Pages 35-64

  4. An Introduction to Flow-Induced Instabilities in Rocket Engine Inducers and Turbopumps

    • Luca d’Agostino, Angelo Cervone, Lucio Torre, Giovanni Pace, Dario Valentini, Angelo Pasini
    Pages 65-86

  5. Three-dimensional Simulation of Cavitation Instabilities

    • Yoshinobu Tsujimoto
    Pages 87-107

  6. Rotordynamics of Turbopumps and Hydroturbines

    • Yoshinobu Tsujimoto
    Pages 109-136

  7. On the Preliminary Design and Performance Prediction of Centrifugal Turbopumps—Part 1

    • Luca d’Agostino, Dario Valentini, Angelo Pasini, Lucio Torre, Giovanni Pace, Angelo Cervone
    Pages 137-156

  8. On the Preliminary Design and Performance Prediction of Centrifugal Turbopumps—Part 2

    • Luca d’Agostino, Dario Valentini, Angelo Pasini, Lucio Torre, Giovanni Pace, Angelo Cervone
    Pages 157-178

  9. Numerical Simulation of Cavitating Flows with Different Cavitation and Turbulence Models

    • Eric Goncalves
    Pages 179-233

  10. Numerical Simulation of Cavitating Flows in Complex Geometries

    • Maria Vittoria Salvetti
    Pages 235-258

  11. From Cavitating to Boiling Flows

    • Richard Saurel, Olivier Le Métayer, Pierre Boivin
    Pages 259-282
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About this book

The book provides a detailed approach to the physics, fluid dynamics, modeling, experimentation and numerical simulation of cavitation phenomena, with special emphasis on cavitation-induced instabilities and their implications on the design and operation of high performance turbopumps and hydraulic turbines. The first part covers the fundamentals (nucleation, dynamics, thermodynamic effects, erosion) and forms of cavitation (attached cavitation, cloud cavitation, supercavitation, vortex cavitation) relevant to hydraulic turbomachinery, illustrates modern experimental techniques for the characterization, visualization and analysis of cavitating flows, and introduces the main aspects of the hydrodynamic design and performance of axial inducers, centrifugal turbopumps and hydo-turbines. The second part focuses on the theoretical modeling, experimental analysis, and practical control of cavitation-induced fluid-dynamic and rotordynamic instabilities of hydraulic turbomachinery, with special emphasis on cavitating turbopumps (cavitation surge, rotating cavitation, higher order cavitation surge, rotordynamic whirl forces). Finally, the third part of the book illustrates the alternative approaches for the simulation of cavitating flows, with  emphasis on both modeling and numerical aspects. Examples of applications to the simulation of unsteady cavitation in internal flows through hydraulic machinery are illustrated in detail.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Civil and Industrial Engineering De, Pisa University, Pisa, Italy

    Luca d'Agostino

  • Civil and Industrial Engineering Dept., Pisa University, Pisa, Italy

    Maria Vittoria Salvetti

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cavitation Instabilities and Rotordynamic Effects in Turbopumps and Hydroturbines

  • Book Subtitle: Turbopump and Inducer Cavitation, Experiments and Design

  • Editors: Luca d'Agostino, Maria Vittoria Salvetti

  • Series Title: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49719-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-49717-4Published: 27 March 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84223-3Published: 20 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-49719-8Published: 17 March 2017

  • Series ISSN: 0254-1971

  • Series E-ISSN: 2309-3706

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 282

  • Number of Illustrations: 131 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Fluid- and Aerodynamics

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