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Some problems of axisymmetric cavitation flows

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The equations for the shape of a slender axisymmetric cavity [1–3] are used to consider problems relating to pulsations of the cavity shape, the drag of a slender cavity-forming body, and the influence of surface tension on the shape of a steady cavity.

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 28–34, January–February, 1982.

I thank V. P. Karlikov and Yu. L. Yakimov for helpful discussions of the results.

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Nesteruk, I.G. Some problems of axisymmetric cavitation flows. Fluid Dyn 17, 21–27 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01090694

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