Cavitation Number

Cavitation Number

Cavitation number ( \(Ca\) ) (dimensionless number) expresses the relationship between the difference of a local absolute pressure from the vapor pressure and the kinetic energy per volume.

Cavitation Number FORMULA

\(Ca = \frac { 2 \left(p \;-\;p_v \right)   } {\rho v^2}\)          \( Cavitation \; number  \;=\;   \frac { 2 \; \left( \; local \; pressure  \;-\;  vapor \; pressure \; \right)   } {  density \;\;x\;\;  characteristic \; velocity^2 }\) 

\(Ca = \frac { \left(p \;-\;p_v \right)   } { \frac {1}{2}  \rho v^2}\)         \( Cavitation \; number  \;=\;  \frac { \left(  \;  pressure \; local \;-\;  fluid \; vapor \; pressure \; \right)   } { \frac {1}{2} \;\;x\;\; fluid \; density  \;\;x\;\;  velocity^2 }\)

Where:

\(Ca\) = Cavitation number

\(p\) = local pressure

\(p_v\) = fluid vapor pressure

\(\rho\) (Greek symbol rho) = fluid density

\(v\) = flow characteristic velocity

Solve for:

\(p =  \frac {Ca \rho v^2} {2}  \;+\; p_v   \)

\(p_v =  p  \;-\;  \frac {Ca \rho v^2} {2}  \)

\(\rho =  \frac { 2 \left (p \;-\;p_v \right)}  {Ca v^2}  \)

\(v =  \sqrt {      \frac { 2 \left (p \;-\;p_v \right)}  {Ca v^2}      } \)