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CavitationinPumps

AvailableNetPositiveSuctionHead:
NPSH A hatm hsuc

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h h
f

vap

(1.7.3)

dependsonuserssystemdesignorapplication
Toavoidcavitation:
NPSH A NPSH R
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(1.7.5)
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SummaryofLectureon6February
Vorticity (Greekalphabetzeta)isakinematic quantitydefined
as:
v u

x y

(2.2.1)

Vorticity istwice themeanangularvelocityofafluidelement:

(2.2.2)

Vorticity =0
Irrotational orpotential flow
fluidelementsarenotrotating( =0)
Vorticity 0
flowisrotational
fluidelementsarerotating ( 0)
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