Radial loads and axial thrusts on centrifugal pumps

Book · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5929131

The proceedings of a seminar organised by the Power Industries Division of the IMechE are presented in this text. Complete contents: Review of parameters influencing hydraulic forces on centrifugal impellers; The effect of fluid forces at various operation conditions on the vibrations of vertical turbine pumps; A review of the pump rotor axial equilibrium problem - some case studies; Dynamic hydraulic loading on a centrifugal pump impeller; Experimental research on axial thrust loads of double suction centrifugal pumps; A comparison of pressure distribution and radial loads on centrifugal pumps; A theoretical and experimental investigation of axial thrusts within a multi-stage centrifugal pump.

• OSTI ID: 5929131
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AXIAL SYMMETRY
CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS
DOCUMENT TYPES
DYNAMIC LOADS
FINS
FLUID MECHANICS
HYDRAULICS
MACHINERY
MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS
MECHANICS
OPERATION
PRESSURE EFFECTS
PUMPS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
REVIEWS
ROTORS
SYMMETRY
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY