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标题：Investigation of flow characteristics in the U-shaped throttle valve
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作者：Jie He ; Beibei Li ; Xiumei Liu 等
期刊名称：Advances in Mechanical Engineering
印刷版ISSN：1687-8140
电子版ISSN：1687-8140
出版年度：2019
卷号：11
期号：3
页码：1-10
DOI：10.1177/1687814019830492
出版社：Sage Publications Ltd.
摘要：Experimental and numerical analysis of cavitation flow in the U-shaped throttle valve is presented in this article. Cavitation flow has been analyzed numerically using the volume of fluid model while the pictures are captured by a high-speed camera. The results reveal that the distribution of pressure is extremely inhomogeneous, and the pressure drop zone is mainly distributed in the narrow U-shaped groove. Cavitation bubble occurs around the orifice and develops continuously since the pressure drops. The nascent, developed, and collapsed zone of the cavitation within U-shaped throttle valve are also presented. In addition, a high-speed jet flow is formed when the oil flows out the U-shaped orifice, a vortex appears and cavitation bubbles appear. Then, cavitation evolution and the effect of back pressure and the valve opening on cavitation behavior have been discussed. Increasing back pressure will weaken the cavitation intensity and suppress the cavitation effectively. The valve opening also affects the cavitation flow and performance of the U-shaped throttle valve. With the increase of valve opening, cavitation area first increases and then decreases. The results and conclusions presented in this article give the basis for better understanding the cavitation phenomenon in a throttle valve.
关键词：Flow characteristics;throttle valve;high-speed camera;cavitation;pressure;velocity