Supercavitation Ventilation Control System

Abstract

A supercavitation ventilation control system is disclosed and includes a vehicle body having a fore end and an aft end. A cavitator is fit to the fore end of the vehicle body, the cavitator generating a gas cavity around the vehicle body. A cavity control ring is slidably positioned at the aft end of the vehicle body, the cavity control ring selectively adjusting a terminal end of the cavity formed by the cavitator. A stop ring is adjustably positioned on the vehicle body forward of the cavity control ring for managing a reentrant jet generated by the cavity control ring. Each of the stop ring and cavity control ring are move able by separate actuators and a single control system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 03, 2002
Accession Number
ADD020086

Entities

People

  • Robert Kuklinski

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Attorneys
  • Cavitation
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Drag
  • Flow
  • Froude Number
  • Gas Flow
  • Inventions
  • Projectiles
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Undersea Warfare
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • United States Government
  • Ventilation
  • Walls

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Marine Propulsion Engineering and Naval Architecture