An Experimental Investigation of Cavitation Inception and Development of Partial Sheet Cavities on Two-Dimensional Hydrofoils

The main results of an experimental study concerning the inception and the development of partial sheet cavities on four two-dimensional hydrofoils are presented. The conditions of cavitation inception are measured together with the minimum pressure coefficient in some cases. The effect of the Reynolds number is studied. Concerning cavitation development, depending on the cavitation number or the angle of incidence various types of cavitation are observed as partial sheet cavities, bubble, fingers, patches or super cavitation patterns. For partial sheet cavities, the cavity lengths were measured on the foils for various conditions of cavitation number and angle of incidence. An attempt to correlate the cavity length data is studied at the end of the paper.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Office of Naval Research

  Department of the Navy, 800 North Quincy Street
  Arlington, VA  United States  22217

  Bassin d'Essais des Carenes

  Chaussee du Vexin
  Val-de-Reuil,   France  27100

  National Research Council

  Naval Studies Board, 500 5th Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Astolfi, J
  • Dorange, P
  • Leroux, J-B
  • Billard, J-Y
• Discussers:
  • Arndt, R
  • Billet, M
  • Straka, W
  • Ceccio, S
  • Franc, J P
• Conference:
  • Twenty-Third Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics
  • Location: Val de Reuil , France
  • Date: 2000-9-17 to 2000-9-22
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 654-669
• Monograph Title: Twenty-Third Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Angle of incidence; Cavitation (Mechanics); Experiments; Hydrofoils; Reynolds number
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01369718
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309254670
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 11 2012 9:05AM