Accession Number:

AD0612108

Title:

EFFECTS OF CAVITATION ON PERIODIC WAKES BEHIND SYMMETRIC WEDGES,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV UNIVERSITY PARK ORDNANCE RESEARCH LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Young,J. O.

Report Date:

1965-02-24

Pagination or Media Count:

65.0

Abstract:

Measurements of the shedding frequency and spacing of cavitating vortex street wakes were made for four wedge models having apex angles of 15, 30, 60 and 90 degrees. The wake pattern made visible by the presence of cavitation bubbles enabled measurements of the shedding frequency and vortex street spacing to be taken. It was found that the cavitation produced negligible effects on the shedding frequency with decreasing cavitation number down to as low as half the incipient cavitation number. Further decrease in the cavitation number produced an increase in the shedding frequency to a maximum value followed by a decrease with a general decay to random shedding. The analysis of high speed motion pictures demonstrated a general decrease in the cross-stream spacing of the two rows of vortices with decreasing cavitation number. The longitudinal spacing of vortices in the same row also decreased with decreasing cavitation number followed by a rapid increase at cavitation numbers lower than that producing the peak frequency. Author

Descriptors:

• (*CAVITATION
• WAKE)
• (*WAKE
• CAVITATION)
• (*WEDGES
• WAKE)
• VORTICES
• BUBBLES
• FREQUENCY
• TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER
• MOTION PICTURES
• STROBOSCOPES
• WATER TUNNELS
• MEASUREMENT

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE