Experimental Static Cavitation Tunnel for Underwater Marine Propeller Cavitation Study

Abstract

The static cavitation tank set-up and experimental techniques were developed as a compete facility for investigation of underwater marine propeller cavitation flow as presented in this paper. This facility was developed to initiate experimental investigation of underwater marine propeller hydrodynamic with particular emphasis on the modeling and characterizing of propeller thrust and torque performances under cavitating flow. The static cavitation tank, dynamometer, controller, instrumentation and data acquisition