Lecture 13
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Documents for Lecture 13 - Energy - Part II
- Lecture 13 - Energy - Part II (General energy equation - pdf file)
Additional materials
- Information on pumps (from the National Drinking Water Clearinghouse)
- Information on turbines (from The Energy Story, Government of California)
- Information on hydropower (from The Energy Story, Government of California)
- Cavitation occurs when the local pressure in a flow drops below the vapor pressure of a liquid. The liquid then form vapor bubbles which, when carried by the flow to zones of higher pressure, implode releasing energy that can damage solid walls.
- Propeller cavitation web page at UT Austin
- Cavitation studies at the UWRL/USU - cavitation is to be avoided for the proper functioning of valves.
- Cavitation studies at the USBR - cavitation in turbines (hydroelectric dams)
- Bizarre boiling - boiling produces vapor cavities in fluids. In this example, boiling in low-gravity is compared to boiling under full gravity influence.
- Cavitation damage in propellers - a picture
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