A Novel Approach for Rapid Evaluating Cavitation Erosion Resistance of Metallic Materials

For the evaluation of cavitation erosion resistance of metallic materials,it has always been a time-consuming technical problem.This paper innovatively proposed a parameter named cavitation hardening rate to characterize the plastic deformation and work hardening behavior of metallic materials during the cavitation process and then found a positive correlation between cavitation hardening rate and strain hardening index.Finally,the relationship between cavitation volume loss and strain hardening index was obtained,and a simple and rapid evaluation method for cavitation erosion resistance was established.