Developed Cavitation-Cavity Dynamics

Abstract

When we discuss high-speed supercavitating bodies, it primarily involves the fully developed supercavitating phase. For many cases the body must transition from fully wetted, through the partially cavitating regime before reaching supercavitation. Therefore, an understanding of all phases of cavitation is necessary. This report presents a summary of the cavitation flow regimes and experimental techniques used at ARL Penn State for investigating developed cavitation physics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADP012075

Entities

People

  • David R. Stinebring
  • Jules W. Lindau
  • Michael L. Billet
  • Robert F. Kunz

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Entrainment
  • Boundary Layer
  • Control Surfaces
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Froude Number
  • Geometry
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Measurement
  • Partial Pressure
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Reynolds Number
  • Strouhal Number
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Vapor Pressure

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Marine Propulsion Engineering and Naval Architecture
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.