%0 Journal Article %T Experimental research on the dynamic instability characteristic of a pressure relief valve %A Fei Ma %A Rong Guo %A Wei Ma %J Advances in Mechanical Engineering %@ 1687-8140 %D 2019 %R 10.1177/1687814019833531 %X This article presents detailed experimental results of the influencing factors of flow rate, set pressure, and inlet pipe length of a pressure relief valve. In order to analyze the influence of different flow rates on the instability characteristics of pressure relief valve, the multi-stage output of pump flow is realized. In terms of modeling, we investigated the theory concerning instability in the system: the 3% rule boundary. Data analyses on typical stable, cycling, and chatter instability conditions are conducted. The stable boundaries of the 3% rule and the quarter-wave model are drawn, which are consistent with the experimental results %K Pressure relief valve %K dynamic instability %K flutter %K chatter %K stable boundary %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1687814019833531