The Influence of Surface Tension on Cavitating Flow Past a Curved Obstacle.

Abstract

The classical solution for cavitating flow past a curved obstacle leaves the position of the separation points undetermined. It is shown that this degeneracy is removed by introducing surface tension. A unique solution is obtained by requiring the flow to leave the obstacle tangentially. As the surface tension tends to zero this solution tends to the classical solution satisfying the Brillouin-Villat condition. A perturbation solution for small values of the surface tension is derived. Graphs of the results for the cavitating flow past a circular cylinder are presented. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA116321

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  • Jean-marc Vanden Broeck

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  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

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  • Analytic Functions
  • Bubbles
  • Capillary Waves
  • Contracts
  • Curvature
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Geometry
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
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  • Surface Tension
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  • Wisconsin

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