Approximate solution of the three-dimensional inverse problem for nonlifting bodies with optimum cavitation characteristics

A formulation and method of solving the three-dimensional inverse problem of ideal fluid mechanics are proposed and examples of their application to the design of bodies of revolution with optimum cavitation characteristics for given overall dimensions are presented.St. Petersburg. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No.3, pp. 92–100, May–June, 1994.