FULL SCALE AND MODEL OBSERVATIONS ON PROPELLER CAVITATION

This report presents the results of visual observations of cavitation patterns on propellers for a tanker and a high speed cargo ship. Corresponding model tests have been carried out in the cavitation tunnel of the Ship Research Institute. Two kinds of wake distributions have been simulated in the tunnel for each propeller model, one of them being model wake and the other being full scale wake estimated by Sasjima's method. The greater stress has been laid on sketching the cavitation patterns and classifying the type of cavitation by visual observation than on photographing.

• Corporate Authors:

  Ship Research Institute, Tokyo

  38-1, 6-chome, Shinkawa, Mitaka-shi
  Tokyo,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Ito, T
  • Kadoi, H
  • KONDO, T
  • OKAMOTO, H
• Publication Date: 1970-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 55-62
• Serial:
  • Papers of Ship Research Institute
  • Issue Number: 33
  • Publisher: Ship Research Institute, Tokyo

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cavitation (Mechanics); Cavitation erosion; Flow visualization; Propellers; Wakes
• Old TRIS Terms: Wake surveys
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00019376
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 25 1971 12:00AM