TABLE OP CONTENTS 



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ABSTRACT « . 1 



INTRODUCTION 2 



TYPES OP CAVITATION ' 3 



SOME EXAMPLES OP THE EFFECTS OP CAVITATION 10 



SOME IDEAS ON THE INCEPTION OP CAVITATION 11 



Preliminary Remarks 11 



Tensile Strength of Liquids - Results of Recent Attempts to 



Formulate a Kinetic Theory of Condensed Systems 11 



Some Remarks on the Role of Turbulence in Cavitation Inception . . 1 6 



The Role of "Surface -Active" Materials 17 



Tensions in Flowing Water and Effects of Air-Content on 



Cavitation Inception l8 



Conditions in a Boundary Layer as Related to Inception of 



Cavitation 21 



Note on the Propagation of Cavitated Regions 23 



DYNAMICS OP TRANSIENT CAVITATION BUBBLES 23 



The Motion of Small Transient Cavities 23 



Diffusion of Air into an Oscillating Cavity 25 



Analytical Description of the Motion 26 



MECHANISM OP STEADY-STATE CAVITIES AND THEIR ANALYTICAL DESCRIPTION . 28 



Steady-State Cavities in Real Liquids 28 



Analytical Description of Steady State Cavities and Drag of 



Cavitating Models in Real and Ideal Liquids t>6 



Mechanism of Steady State Cavitation in Venturi-Type Nozzles ... 4-2 



THE MECHANISM OP COLLAPSE AND THE ASSOCIATED DAMAGE 47 



Introductory Remarks 4-7 



Arguments for the Mechanical Origin of Damage 48 



Ideas on Electrochemical Origin of Damage 53 



SOME REMARKS ON SCALING OF CAVITATING SYSTEMS 54 



SOME REMARKS ON DESIGNING FOR CAVITATION PREVENTION 56 



Methods of Reducing Adverse Effects of Cavitation 56 



Prediction of Minimum Pressure Points 56 



CONCLUDING REMARKS 62 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 62 



REFERENCES 63 



