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Home Courses Cavitation on Ship Propellers Course materials Lectures Chapter 3: Physics of Cavitation: Gas Content and Nuclei

Chapter 3: Physics of Cavitation: Gas Content and Nuclei

Course subject(s) Physics of Cavitation: Gas Content and Nuclei

Physics of cavitation: Gas content and nuclei

 

Nuclei are involved in the initial formation of cavitation and once cavitation occurs these nuclei loose their meaning. In this chapter the need of nuclei will be explained and the presence of nuclei in fluids investigated.

Path of a nucleus in the pressure field near the leading edge of a foil
Download as PDF General description of the behaviour of gas bubbles which act as cavitation nuclei
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