Supercavitation

Dear Colleagues,

Supercavitation is the use of a long, stable cavity to reduce skin friction drag on a submerged object and enable high speeds over 200 knots. This technique could be applicable to underwater vessels including torpedoes. Six key technologies are responsible for enabling supercavitating vehicles: i) a cavitator to initiate the supercavity, ii) ventilation to extend the cavity and reduce unsteady forces acting on a body, iii) a water-reactive propulsion system, iv) miniature sensors and v) advanced signal processing for guidance, and vi) control vehicle dynamics.

This Special Issue of Fluids on Supercavitation is dedicated to publishing original numerical and experimental works that increase our basic understanding of supercavitating flow and its application to engineering problems.

Prof. Dr. Byoung-Kwon Ahn
Guest Editor

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