Dependence of the drag of a conical axisymmetric cavitation body on the cone angle and the cavitation number

Numerical investigations of flow past axisymmetric conical captation bodies have shown that the drag coefficient of the cavitation body, calculated from the maximum cross-sectional area of the cavity (midsection), depends on the cavitation number and the cone angle.Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 170–173, May–June, 1995.In conclusion, the author is grateful to G. Yu. Stepanov whose critical remarks were helpful in making this paper more conclusive and more illustrative.