Cavitation Research at the Garfield Thomas Water Tunnel.

Abstract

Current research at the Garfield Thomas Water Tunnel of the Applied Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University is in the areas of hub vortex cavitation, the effects of polymer additives, roughness effects and thermodynamic effects. Primary emphasis in this paper will be on the first two areas for the flow regime of limited cavitation. The effects of Reynolds number and vortex breakdown on hub vortex cavitation are presented. Experimental results for the effects of polymer additives on shear flow and on flows about axisymmetric bodies are discussed. A brief description of research on roughness and thermodynamic effects completes the paper. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 21, 1974
Accession Number
ADA027598

Entities

People

  • C. B. Baker
  • J. W. Holl
  • Michael L. Billet
  • R. E. A. Arndt

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additives (Chemicals)
  • Axisymmetric
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Cavitation
  • Flow
  • Pennsylvania
  • Research Facilities
  • Reynolds Number
  • Roughness
  • Scotland
  • Shear Flow
  • Tunnels
  • Universities
  • Water Tunnels

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  • Aerodynamics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.