Cavitation in a flowing liquid
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- 1 March 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 51 (3) , R1649-R1650
Abstract
In this paper, I propose that the cavitation threshold in a flowing liquid could be associated with the maximum tension that the fluid can sustain before undergoing cohesive fracture at a certain point. My criterion is not isotropic; I believe that a liquid will break if the tension in one direction exceeds a threshold, independent of the value of the other principal stresses. I also believe that if a liquid breaks, it is a cohesive fracture in which the liquid molecules disassociate into vapor and recondense as mist.Keywords
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