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cavitation
- Definição1
- A condition that exists in a fluid pump when there is not enough pressure in the reservoir to force fluid to the inlet of the pump. The pump picks up air instead of fluid.
- Fonte1
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Aircraft flying handbook. Washington, 2004. Disponível em: http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/media/FAA-H-8083-5.pdf. Acesso em: 09 maio 2012.
- Fonte2
- EMBRAER. Technical dictionary english-portuguese. [São José dos Campos], 2001.
- Fonte3
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Manual of aircraft accident and incident investigation. Part III: investigation. Montreal, 2011. (Doc. 9756 AN/965)
- Contexto
- The entrapment of air in a closed hydraulic system can produce a series of problems, starting with erratic pump control and cavitation in the pump, which has the capability of causing mechanical damage to the pump mechanism.
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