Relationship between the geometric features of carbon steel cavitation erosion debris and the cavitation erosion stages

The debris produced in vibration cavitation tests of three kinds of carbon steel were collected.Their geometric features were analyzed quantitatively and observed respectively by a profilometer and a scanning electronic microscope(SEM) with reference to the investigation of the cavitation damaged surface by SEM and X-ray diffraction(XRD) .It was found that among the debris produced in all cavitation erosion stages,more than 45%were platelets because of the occurrence of dislocation and cleavage fracture,and...