Singular properties of flow separation as a real cause of cavitation inception

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 667-678

  Washio, S ^a   Takahashi, S ^a   Uemura, K ^b   Iwamoto, T ^c   Ogata, T ^d  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIDEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^d CANON INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavitation inception; Cavity generation; Flow separation; Heat generation; Point of separation; Separation streamline; Tensile stress

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; HEAT GENERATION; OILS AND FATS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TENSILE STRESS;

CAVITATION INCEPTION; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); SEPARATION POINT;

FLOW SEPARATION;

CAVITATION; FLOW SEPARATION; HEAT GENERATION; OILS AND FATS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TENSILE STRESS;

EID: 44949193799     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544062JMES835     Document Type: Article

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