TABLE 4 - TYPES OF CAVITATION INCEPTION PHENOMENA 



Nuclei Supply 



Type of Flow 

 on Body 



Expected Inception 

 Forms 



COPIOUS 



No Separation 



Travelling bubble from c 

 (e.g., Silberman 1975). min 

 Event counting. 



a < -c 



— P • 



mm 



COPIOUS 



Laminar Separation 



Mixed travelling-bubble and 

 band cavity (sometimes fore- 

 stalled by myriads of bubbles) 



FEW 



No Separation 



Attached cavities, 



- -c 



P tr 



(Arakeri et al.), wedges, fingers, 



patches often seen up to position 



of c 



p . 

 mm 



INTERMEDIATE 



No Separation 



Travelling-bubble cavitation/ 

 attached forms, 



(e.g., Huang and Santelli 1977) 

 - -c 



P tr 



INTERMEDIATE 

 AND 

 FEW 



Laminar Separation 



Band and sheet cavities. Glassy 

 leading edges 



a = -(c +Ac (t)) 

 P s P 

 (e.g., Huang and Peterson 1976). 



NOTE: Desinent cavitation and gaseous inception are not included. 



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