This article deals with a phenomenon named as cavitation resonance. Cavitation-associated pressure fluctuations in hydraulic systems affect their design, operation, and safety. Under certain conditions, the amplitude of a particular component of these fluctuations will be significantly magnified, causing a resonance. Here, the observed phenomenon from three different flow systems is briefly introduced. Based on the coupling of two subsystems, a hypothesis of (macroscopic) mechanism reduced from these experimental observations is presented.
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