Desenvolvimento de equipamento para avaliação de erosão por cavitação

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2002

RESUMO

Cavitation in hydraulic structures is particularly important and especially the superficial areas must be resistant. In many cases the provoked damage is so great that it reduces the useful life of the structure and also compels long periods of functioning interruption. The erosion provoked for this phenomenon comes followed of other undesirable effect, such as structural vibrations and noise. The objective of this work was to develop an equipment that allows to evaluate cavitation erosion in concrete samples used in hydraulic structures. The test bank was assembled using direct shift and centrifugal pumps. The equipment with the direct shift pump allowed the development of the cavitation. The equipment revealed adequate for the accomplishment of concrete resistances tests. Visible damage in the samples was obtained with very lesser times comparing with other devices, therefore allowing energy and workmanship saving. The installation with the use of the centrifugal pump was not satisfactory. One concludes that for attainment cavitation erosion in concrete samples it is necessary a combination of test time, features of the sample (resistance and components) and appropriate values of the cavitation index. Tests with special concrete samples should be necessary to define the best performance in order to make efficient construction and repair of the hydraulic structures

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erosão estruturas hidraulicas cavitação

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