NOTATION 



a A constant, undefined in terms of physical parameters 



Cp Drag coefficient 



c Body chord length 



D Drag or resistance 



D „ Drag for zero cavitation number 



(7=0 ^ 



k Strength of vorticity distribution 



L Length of cavity measured from body leading edge 



I Length of cavity measured from body trailing edge 



m Strength of source distribution 



p Local static pressure 



p Cavity pressure 



p Pressure on the body 



f Static pressure of stream at infinity 



R Denotes "the real part of" 



s Mathematical parameter, undefined in terms of physical parameters 



T Maximum thickness of wedge profile 



t Dummy variable 



V The a;-component of the velocity on the cavity 

 U The ar-component of the velocity on the body 



V The uniform velocity at infinity, parallel to the a;-axis 



u The ^-component of the disturbance velocity, tr 



u _- The ir-component of the disturbance velocity on the body which is 

 induced by the cavity source distribution. 



u The a;-component of the disturbance velocity on the body which is 

 induced by the body source distribution. 



7 The velocity of the fluid at any point in the flow field. 



