TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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ABSTRACT 1 



INTRODUCTION 1 



THE LINEARIZED THEORY 2 



THE THIN AIRFOIL THEORY AND THE JUNCTURE CONDITION 6 



THE GENERAL SOLUTION FOR THE SOURCE 



DISTRIBUTION AND CAVITY SHAPE 7 



THE CALCULATION OF THE CAVITATION DRAG 10 



THE INFINITE CAVITY CASE (a = 0) 11 



THE SLENDER WEDGE - COMPARISON WITH EXACT THEORY 12 



SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 13 



APPENDIX 1 - - 18 



A. Useful Integrals 18 



B. A Proof of a Result used in the Derivation of Equation [19] 19 



C. Listing of Useful Theoretical Results 19 



REFERENCES 20 



