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Cavity surface wave patterns and general appearance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

Christopher Brennen
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California

Abstract

Observations were made of the appearance of hydrodynamic cavities behind a series of axisymmetric headforms. Among the phenomena investigated was the transition of the interfacial or separated boundary layer on the cavity surface. The first stage of this process, namely the spatial growth of instability waves could be distinguished by means of high-speed photography. Comparison is made with a theoretical instability analysis.

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Research Article
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© 1970 Cambridge University Press

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