Progress in Cavitation Research at Princeton University

The authors describe test apparatus and an experimental method used to determine the critical point of cavitation, or cavitation limit, of liquids flowing in a closed system as caused by the formation of vapor-filled cavities in the system. The experiments here described were directed to determine the cavitation limit, at which cavitation begins, and not to ascertain the consequences of maintained cavitation. The authors show that the experiments give results entirely consistent with the cavitation principle as now generally applied.