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The purpose of this study is to investigate effects of length-to-width (L/W) ratio on cavitation flow inside a transparent acrylic nozzle orifice, and its effects on spray angle. Three visualization nozzles with different geometries (L/W = 2.0, 2.67, and 4.0) are used, and the working fluid is water. In order to visualize the development process of cavitation, the injection pressure of the working fluid is changed, and a high-speed camera is used with a metal-halide lamp. From experiments and analysis, some important facts are determined. As the injection pressure increases, the cavitation length and thickness increase linearly until the hydraulic flip occurs. Although the cavitation width varies according to the orifice width, the maximum cavitation thickness relative to the orifice width is almost constant at approximately 25% ∼ 30%. When the nozzle shape ratio increases, the discharge coefficient tends to increase because of the decrease in friction area. When entering the hydraulic flip region, the discharge coefficient decreases due to the reduction of the exit section area. The spray angle is affected by the cavitation number, cavitation length, cavitation thickness, and Reynolds number. The higher the injection pressure, the higher the turbulence intensity, and the greater the instability of the fluid flow.
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Abbreviations
- CN:
-
cavitation number
- L/W:
-
length-to-width
- P:
-
pressure
- Re:
-
reynolds number
- inj:
-
injection
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This study was financially supported by the Basic Science Research Program (2016R1D1A3B03935537) and Basic Research Laboratory Program (2015R1A4A1041746) through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education of Korea.
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Ro, S., Kim, B., Park, S. et al. Internal Cavitating Flow and External Spray Behavior Characteristics According to Length-to-Width Ratio of Transparent Nozzle Orifice. Int.J Automot. Technol. 21, 181–188 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12239-020-0018-7
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