Research Article

Numerical Simulation of Solid Particle Erosion in Aluminum Alloy Spool Valve

Table 2

Boundary conditions for simulation calculations.

Solid particlesOil

Entrance boundary conditionMass flow rate (kg/s)3.24e − 04Pressure inlet
2 MPa
Particle size distributionRefer Figure 6
Particle shapeEllipsoid

Export boundary conditionsComplete escapePressure outlet
1.8 MPa

Wall boundary conditionElastic recovery system
Number model
Wall function method

Density (kg/m3)7500875

Dynamic viscosity (Pa·s)[—]0.036