Fundamentals of Cavitation

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXII

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2. Introduction the Main Features of Cavitating Flows

   Pages 1-14

3. Nuclei and Cavitation

   Pages 15-33

4. The Dynamics of Spherical Bubbles

   Pages 35-56

5. Bubbles in a Non-Symmetrical Environment

   Pages 57-75

6. Further Insights into Bubble Physics

   Pages 77-96

7. Supercavitation

   Pages 97-130

8. Partial Cavities

   Pages 131-167

9. Bubbles and Cavities on Two-Dimensional Foils

   Pages 169-192

10. Ventilated Supercavities

    Pages 193-221

11. Vortex Cavitation

    Pages 223-246

12. Shear Cavitation

    Pages 247-264

13. Cavitation Erosion

    Pages 265-291

14. Back Matter

    Pages 293-306

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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 generation of cavitation can cause severe damage in hydraulic machinery. Therefore, the prevention of cavitation is an important concern for designers of hydraulic machinery. On the contrary, there is great potential to utilize cavitation in various important applications, such as environmental protection. There have been several books published on cavitation, including one by the same authors. This book differs from those previous ones, in that it is both more physical and more theoretical. Any theoretical explanation of the cavitation phenomenon is rather difficult, but the authors have succeeded in explaining it very well, and a reader can follow the equations easily. It is an advantagein reading this book to have some understanding of the physics of cavitation. Therefore, this book is not an introductory text, but a book for more advanced study. However, this does not mean that this book is too difficult for a beginner, because it explains the cavitation phenomenon using many figures. Therefore, even a beginner on cavitation can read and can understand what cavitation is. If the student studies through this book (with patience), he or she can become an expert on the physics of cavitation.

• Explosion
• Propeller
• Vibration
• control
• development
• hydraulics
• modeling

• Turbomachinery and Cavitation Research Group, Laboratory of Geophysical and Industrial Fluid Flows (LEGI) of the Grenoble University (Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG) & Université Joseph Fourier (UJF), France

  Jean-Pierre Franc

• Head of the Cavitation Research Group in the Laboratory of Geophysical and Industrial Fluid Flows (LEGI) of the Grenoble University (Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG) & Université Joseph Fourier (UJF), France

  Jean-Marie Michel

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