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cavitation
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1|right|Cavitating propeller model in a Water tunnel (hydrodynamic)|water tunnel experiment
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Encyclopedic overview
33 sectionsContents
- Physics
- Inertial cavitation
- Hydrodynamic cavitation
- Acoustic cavitation and ultrasonic cavitation
- Applications
- Water transport
- Chemical engineering
- Biomedical
- Cleaning
- Food and beverage
- Eggs
- Vegetable oil production
- Biofuels
- Biodiesel
- Cavitation damage{{anchor|Cavitation erosion}}
- Pumps and propellers
- Suction cavitation
- Discharge cavitation
- Cavitation solutions
- Control valves
- Spillways
- Engines
- In nature
- Geology
- Vascular plants
- Spore dispersal in plants
- Marine life
- Coastal erosion
- History
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright=1|right|Cavitating propeller model in a Water tunnel (hydrodynamic)|water tunnel experiment
thumb|upright=1|Cavitation damage on a valve plate for an Axial piston pump|axial piston [[hydraulic pump]] thumb|upright=1|This video shows cavitation in a gear pump right|thumb|upright=1|Cavitation damage evident on the propeller of a personal watercraft
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