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WHERE.
V = VELOCITY OF THE FLUID IN THE SECTION CONSIDERED.
= DENSITY OF THE FLUID.
P = PRESSURE ALONG THE CURRENT LINE.
g = GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATION
z= HEIGHT IN THE DIRECTION OF GRAVITY FROM A REFERENCE DIMENSION.
NON-MOBILE PARTIES.
-STRANGULATION.
-ORIFICES.
-VALVES.
NÚMERO DE CAVITACIÓN.
THE CAVITATION NUMBER (CA) IS A DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER USED IN FLUID MECHANICS. EXPRESSES THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DIFFERENCE OF THE ABSOLUTE LOCAL PRESSURE OF THE FLUID WITH RESPECT
TO ITS VAPOR PRESSURE AND THE KINETIC ENERGY PER VOLUME OF THE FLOW. IT IS USED TO CHARACTERIZE
THE CAVITATION POTENTIAL OF A FLUID: NEGATIVE NUMBERS OF CAVITATION, BELOW A CERTAIN THRESHOLD
(CALLED THE BLAKE THRESHOLD) ENSURE THE EXISTENCE OF CAVITATION IN THE FLUID.
NUMERICALLY IT IS DEFINED AS: