CAVITATION ON HEMISPHERICAL NOSED TEFLON BODIES

In a high speed water tunnel, incipient and desinent cavitation are investigated on a series of hemispherical nosed teflon bodies. The results are compared with those measured previously on a series of stainless steel bodies. The experiments cover a wide range of flow velocities and air contents of water. Large differences, both in cavitation appearance and in desinence and inception values are found between the teflon and stainless steel bodies. While desinent cavitation on the stainless steel bodies was probably caused by stream nuclei, it is shown that cavitation on the teflon bodies is produced by surface nuclei.

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  International Periodical Press

  193 Heemraadssingel
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • van der Meulen, JHJ
• Publication Date: 1972-10

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 333-341
• Serial:
  • International Shipbuilding Progress
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 218
  • Publisher: IOS Press
  • ISSN: 0020-868X
  • Serial URL: http://www.iospress.nl/journal/international-shipbuilding-progress/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bluff bodies; Cavitation (Mechanics); Cavitation erosion; Water tunnels (Test facilities)
• Old TRIS Terms: Cavity dynamics; Water tunnel testing
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00043745
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Periodical Press
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 4 1973 12:00AM