TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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LIST OF FIGURES . j_ v 



LIST OF TABLES v i 



NOTATION vii 



ABSTRACT ..... 1 



ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION 1 



INTRODUCTION 1 



GEOMETRY OF THE BLADE 4 



VELOCITIES DUE TO SINGULARITIES 6 



CAVITY BOUNDARY CONDITION 9 



SOLUTION FOR SOURCE 11 



IMAGES FOR THE HUB 16 



BLADE SECTION SHAPE 17 



FORCES ON THE BLADE 18 



NOTE ON PRELIMINARY DESIGN PROGRAM 21 



NUMERICAL SCHEMES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM 23 



NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS FOR SOLUTION 25 



NUMERICAL EXAMPLES FOR PROPELLER DESIGN AND DISCUSSIONS 27 



EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF THEORY 29 



EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF BLADE-CAVITY THICKNESS 



DISTRIBUTION 29 



DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION OF PINS 30 



EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE 31 



DISCUSSION OF EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS 31 



CAVITATION PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF SUPERCAVITATING 



PROPELLERS 4717B, 4717C AND 4738A 33 



BACKGROUND 33 



