Cavitation Inception.

Abstract

The prediction of cavitation inception in the laboratory is an important aspect of design development and operation of fluid dynamic devices for naval hydrodynamic applications. This report briefly summarizes ten years of laboratory research on cavitation inception in flows past smooth bodies and flows with separation. The instrumentation that has been developed to study these flows is described briefly together with means of counting the concentration of the cavitation nuclei known to be important for inception to occur.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1985
Accession Number
ADA159297

Entities

People

  • A. J. Acosta

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Crossings
  • Engineering
  • Flow
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Shear Flow
  • Static Pressure
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Venturi Tubes
  • Water Tunnels

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design