Which risk increases when a control valve undergoes rapid closure in a long hydraulic pipeline?

💡 Explanation

When a control valve rapidly closes, the fluid's momentum creates a pressure surge (water hammer) which can drop pressure below the vapor pressure, resulting in cavitation bubble formation and collapse. Therefore water hammer induced cavitation, rather than thermal expansion, mechanical resonance, or viscosity stratification which have alternative causes, are the result.

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