Abstract: The article illustrates the results of an exploratory study on the effectiveness of maximum likelihood Bayesian estimation in the identification of cavitation instabilities in axial inducers using the blade-to-blade pressure ...

Abstract: The paper presents the results of an activity carried out on a threebladed inducer and compares the experimental data from other similar inducers. All the inducers considered in the present study have been designed by means ...

Abstract: In the present paper, the results from an extensive experimental characterization of the rotordynamic forces acting on a whirling threebladed, taperedhub, variablepitch inducer are presented. The campaign has been conducted ...

Abstract: The fluid-induced rotordynamic forces acting on a whirling space turbopump composed by an inducer and a radial impeller have been compared to the same forces measured on each single component of the turbomachine (i.e., on ...