Publication Date:
2019-07-11
Description:
The cavitation in nozzles on airfoils of various shape and on a sphere are experimentally investigated. The limits of cavitation and the extension of the zone of the bubbles in different stages of cavitation are photographically established. The pressure in the bubble area is constant and very low, jumping to high values at the end of the area. The analogy with the gas compression shock is adduced and discussed. The collapse of the bubbles under compression shock produces very high pressures internally, which must be contributory factors to corrosion. The pressure required for purely mechanical corrosion is also discussed.
Keywords:
Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics
Type:
NACA-TM-1078
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Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule
Format:
application/pdf