Physics and Control of Cavitation

Abstract

The objective of the present chapter1 is to provide the basic concepts and tools required to understand the inception and development of cavitation in liquid flows. The influence of various parameters as the boundary layer and nuclei content is discussed. A special attention is given to thermal effects which may significantly influence the development of cavitation in thermosensitive fluids as cryogenic liquids. The main types of cavitation (partial attached cavities, travelling bubble cavitation, vortex cavitation and shear cavitation) are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA476522

Entities

People

  • Jean-pierre Franc

Organizations

  • Grenoble Alpes University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Flow
  • Fluid Flow
  • Frequency
  • Heat Capacity
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Vaporization
  • Heat Transfer
  • Latent Heat
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Surface Tension
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermal Diffusivity
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Vaporization

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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