A theoretical-experimental method is used to study the shape
forming mechanism of flow-rate characteristic curves and some existing problems of test methods specified in ISO6358. It is found out that the cut-off point of the flow-rate in characteristic curve is obviously different from the transitional point of airflow velocity in pneumatic components by studying the relationship between two different methods to calculate critical back-pressure ratios. Moreover
it is proposed that it is necessary to compensate the measured upstream and downstream pressures of components under test. The experimental results show that the difference between critical back-pressure ratios obtained from the two methods is about 0.15
and the fallen section of the flow-rate characteristic curve includes not only the state of subsonic but also a change process from supersonic to sonic. Furthermore
the subsonic index m≈0.5
that is
the fallen section of the curve is an approximate elliptic curve. It is also found out that a 15% error appears when the influence of pressure compensation is ignored.
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