HYDRODYNAMICS OF TURBOMACHINES.

Abstract

The principal objective was to understand the basic features of the flow in various types of turbomachines and where possible to use such results in the development of design theories. The major emphasis was placed upon problems of cavitation in axial machines and certain theoretical as well as experimentally related phenomena. Three projects were undertaken: The measurement and observation of cavitating flows in axial inducer pumps, the observation of cavitation and cavitation inception in fluids other than water, and the observation and measurement of forces on the vanes of a cavitating cascade in a water tunnel. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0625418

Entities

People

  • Allan J. Acosta

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cavitation
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Measurement
  • Observation
  • Tunnels
  • Water Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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