A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF THE FREE SURFACE ON A THREE-DIMENSIONAL CAVITY PRODUCED BY A CIRCULAR DISK

Abstract

An experiment was performed to determine the free surface effects on a supercavitating, flat plate hydrofoil in two-dimensional flow. This is a preliminary study to determine the effects of the free surface on the geometry of a ventilated cavity. Specifically, the variation of the length of a cavity due to submergence is studied. The results are presented with the preliminary data reduced to the pertinent dimensionless parameters, uncorrected for tunnel blockage and model scale effects, if any.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0439380

Entities

People

  • E. R. Bate Jr.

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Aircrafts
  • Applied Mechanics
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Froude Number
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Marine Engineering
  • Mechanics
  • Naval Architecture
  • New York
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Test Facilities

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  • Physics

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  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Marine Propulsion Engineering and Naval Architecture