Cavitation Inception.
Abstract
This report summarizes work carried out on cavitation inception during the period 1984-1985. The work is experimental and is devoted to observation of cavitation past a bluff body, and in a separate effort to the development of a cavitation susceptibility meter based on a venturi meter with detection of bubbles being done optically. The shear flow cavitation reveals the secondary vortex structure that has been of great interest in recent turbulence work, and it is within this secondary structure that cavitation commences. The major components of the susceptibility meter and their design are described in detail although data have not as yet been taken.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 31, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA169793
Entities
People
- A. J. Acosta
Organizations
- California Institute of Technology