Arndt, REA and Arakeri, VH and Higuchi, H (1991) Some observations of tip-vortex cavitation. In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 229 . 269 -289.
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Abstract
Cavitation has been observed in the trailing vortex system of an elliptic planform hydrofoil. A complex dependence on Reynolds number and gas content is noted at inception. Some of the observations can be related to tension effects associated with the lack of sufficiently large-sized nuclei. Inception measurements are compared with estimates of pressure in the vortex obtained from LDV measurements of velocity within the vortex. It is concluded that a complete correlation is not possible without knowledge of the fluctuating levels of pressure in tip-vortex flows. When cavitation is fully developed, the observed tip-vortex trajectory shows a surprising lack of dependence on any of the physical parameters varied, such as angle of attack, Reynolds number, cavitation number, and dissolved gas content.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Publication: | Journal of Fluid Mechanics |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to Cambridge University Press. |
Department/Centre: | Division of Mechanical Sciences > Mechanical Engineering |
Date Deposited: | 30 Nov 2010 10:58 |
Last Modified: | 06 Oct 2018 14:09 |
URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/34135 |
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