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Partial cavity flows. Part 2. Cavities forming on test objects with spanwise variation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2001

K. R. LABERTEAUX  and
S. L. CECCIO
K. R. LABERTEAUX
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2121, USA
S. L. CECCIO
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2121, USA
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Partial cavitation forming on the vertex of a wedge and on the leading edge of a stationary hydrofoil was experimentally examined. The geometry of these test objects varied in the spanwise direction (i.e. three-dimensional test objects). Closed cavities formed on these test objects. The interface of the closed cavities curved smoothly to form a re-entrant jet at the cavity terminus, and the re-entrant flow was directed spanwise, thus preventing its impingement on the cavity interface. The cavity shape and the pressure gradients near the closure of the closed cavities were qualitatively similar to those predicted with the two-dimensional free-streamline theory. These cavities had a steady, laminar flow reattachment. The flow around the closed cavity was largely irrotational.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 431 , 25 March 2001 , pp. 43 - 63
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press