p Gas partial pressure 

 g 



p . Minimum value of static pressure 

 mm 



p Saturation pressure of gas 



p Vapor pressure of liquid 



p (T ) Vapor pressure of pure liquid at ambient 

 temperature 



p Ambient static pressure 



p (t) Pressure field 



p, , p„ Additional complex fluctuating pressures 



p, , p„ Steady pressures across the cascade with no motion 

 Is 2s 



q Freestream dynamic pressure 



R Bubble radius 



R ._ Critical radius 

 crit 



R Initial radius of bubble 

 o 



T Velocity component tangential to cascade axis 



T(R) Temperature on bubble wall 



T ra Ambient temperature 



t Dimensionless time 



U Reference speed 



u Fluctuating velocity components 



v Perturbation normal velocity component on cavity 



x Distance along the chord 



Y Coordinate in linear theory 



