Abstract
ABSTRACT.Based upon the information that has been obtained from experiments conducted in the variable pressure tunnel at Washington during the past two years, the different forms of propeller cavitation are discussed. The characteristics of face cavitation and two forms of back cavitation are described. Methods of correction as far as are known are suggested.Tests to determine the effect of gas in solution in water on propeller cavitation are described, and the results are given.Finally, the calculated lift coefficients for typical propellers at the apparent inception of back cavitation are plotted against cavitation indices, in an effort to obtain a criterion by which back cavitation on propellers may be avoided in design work. These data are compared with a theoretical relation between the lift coefficient and cavitation index, which has been offered by Lerbs as a criterion.
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