Estimation of the dynamic cavitation tension of water by a shock tube method

A review is conducted into existing work related to the role bulk cavitation plays during the interaction between a submerged structure and an underwater shock wave. This survey, dealing both with the classical works of Temperley and Cushing as well as recently published studies by the writer, is focused on two important variations from the assumptions made in earlier works. One of these variations, the possibility that water has a non-zero cavitation tension, is studied further by developing a theoretical model to predict the fluid dynamics following a free surface reflection. By introducing experimental data for comparative purposes, it is concluded that, at laboratory scale, the dynamic cavitation tension may be regarded as zero.