Damage tolerant cavitation nozzle
AssigneesThe Boeing Company, Tohoku University
InventorsKandaudage Channa Ruwan De Silva, Daniel Gordon Sanders, John K. Shimabukuro, Hitoshi Soyama
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Abstract
A cavitation nozzle is disclosed, including a plate, a hollow body, and a cap removably engaged with the hollow body and holding the plate against a distal end of the hollow body. The plate may have a central aperture and a distal surface, wherein the distal surface is bisected by a groove and the hollow body is configured to deliver high pressure fluid through the central aperture. The delivered high pressure fluid may be discharged as a cavitating jet.
Claims20
A cavitation nozzle, comprising:
- a plate having a distal face and a central aperture defining a fluid flow axis;
- a hollow body configured to deliver high pressure fluid through the central aperture as a cavitating jet;
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- a cap removably engaged with the hollow body, holding the plate against a distal end of the hollow body, wherein the cap has a slit bisecting a distal surface, exposing the central aperture of the plate,
- wherein
- the plate has a groove bisecting the distal face, the slit has a long axis, and the groove has a long axis perpendicular to the long axis of the slit.
A cavitation nozzle comprising:
- a hollow body configured to deliver high-pressure fluid, the hollow body having a distal end;
- a nozzle plate having a proximal face and a distal face, the proximal face secured against the distal end of the hollow body, the nozzle plate defining a central aperture extending between the proximal face and the distal face;
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- a cap holding the nozzle plate against the distal end of the hollow body, wherein the cap has a slit bisecting a distal surface of the cap, wherein the nozzle plate has a groove bisecting the distal face of the nozzle plate, and wherein the groove has a long axis perpendicular to a long axis of the slit.
A cavitation nozzle comprising:
- a hollow body configured to deliver high-pressure fluid, the hollow body having a distal end;
- a nozzle plate having a proximal face and a distal face, the proximal face secured against the distal end of the hollow body, the nozzle plate defining a central aperture extending between the proximal face and the distal face;
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- a cap holding the nozzle plate against the distal end of the hollow body, wherein the cap has a slit bisecting a distal surface of the cap, wherein the central aperture has an elongate opening, and wherein the central aperture has a long axis perpendicular to a long axis of the slit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.