...Peter J. K. Cameron; Peter H. Rogers; John W. Doane; David H. Gifford Applications and research utilizing supercavitation for high-speed underwater flight has motivated study of the phenomenon. In this work, a small scale laboratory experiment for studying supercavitating projectiles has been...

...Hong-Hui Shi, Lecturer; Motoyuki Itoh, Professor; Takuya Takami, Graduate Student When a high-speed projectile penetrates into water, a cavity is formed behind the projectile. The gas enclosed in the cavity experiences a nonequilibrium process, i.e., the gas pressure decreases as the projectile...