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DAVID W. TAYLOR NAVAL SHIP 

 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER 



Bethesda, Maryland 20084 



TIP VORTEX CAVITATION CHARACTERISTICS 

 AND DELAY OF INCEPTION ON A THREE- 

 DIMENSIONAL HYDROFOIL 



by 



William G. Souders 

 Gregory P. Platzer 



APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE: DISTRIBUTION UNLIMITED 



SHIP PERFORMANCE DEPARTMENT 

 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT REPORT 



April 1981 



WHO 



DOCUMENT 



COLLECTION 



DTNSRDC-81/007 



