Several Trials in the Search for a Complete Cavitation Concept

Abstract

The aim of this works is to review a recent powerful trends in systematic cavitation studies. At first, it is shown that most of the existing studies on the cavitation are not only insufficient in grasping the real situation and/or the cavitation aspects, but are also lacking in the most essential concept regarding the controlling factors, principally due to the rather low-speed observations. To rebuild the cavitation concept completely, a new approach is undertaken. For detailed information, several excellent recent reviews such as those by Drs. Rood, Arndt, Okada and Iwai, should be referred to.