Fundamentals of Cavitation

• Main Authors: Franc, Jean-Pierre (Author), Michel, Jean-Marie (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Series: Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, 76
• Subjects: Physics.; Continuum physics.; Mechanics.; Machinery.; Classical Continuum Physics.; Machinery and Machine Elements.

This book treats cavitation, which is a unique phenomenon in the field of hyd- dynamics, although it can occur in any hydraulic machinery such as pumps, propellers, artificial hearts, and so forth. Cavitation is generated not only in water, but also in any kind of fluid, such as liquid hydrogen. The...

Table of Contents:

• the Main Features of Cavitating Flows
• Nuclei and Cavitation
• The Dynamics of Spherical Bubbles
• Bubbles in a Non-Symmetrical Environment
• Further Insights into Bubble Physics
• Supercavitation
• Partial Cavities
• Bubbles and Cavities on Two-Dimensional Foils
• Ventilated Supercavities
• Vortex Cavitation
• Shear Cavitation
• Cavitation Erosion.