STUDY OF BULK CAVITATION AND CONSEQUENT WATER HAMMER
Abstract
A detailed study was made of the mechanics or physics of bulk cavitation; its general similarity to the phenomenon of spalling was noted. A one-dimensional system of equations, describing the bulk cavitation phenomenon, was used for a variety of conditions by means of numerical methods on a machine computor. Pressure, particle velocity, and density throughout the cavitated and uncavitated regions were ascertained. The magnitude and duration of secondary pressure waves, occurring at the closure of bulk cavitation, is estimated. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 31, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0266370
Entities
People
- Vincent Cushing