REVIEW OF SUPERCAVITATION HYDROFOIL EXPERIMENTS 1955 THROUGH 1972

A review is made of major experimental, fully submerged, high-speed hydrofoil programs, concentrating on base- ventilated, supercavitating, and fully-ventilated types for the purpose of assessing the need for future experimental work. A discussion is made of the conclusions.

• Corporate Authors:

  David Taylor Naval Ship R&D Center

  Ship Performance Department
  Bethesda, MD  United States  20084
• Authors:
  • Baker, E S
• Publication Date: 1975-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 117 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hydrofoils; Lift drag ratio; Supercavitating hydrofoils; Ventilation systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Ventilated hydrofoils
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00131094
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: SPD-567-01 Final Rpt.
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 21 1976 12:00AM