Research Article

Performance Comparison of Bow and Stern Rudder for High-Speed Supercavitating Vehicles

Table 3

Comparison of feature sizes of supercavity obtained by numerical model and empirical correlations.

Cavitation numberFull length/RnMaximum radius/Rn
Numerical modelEmpirical correlationsRelative difference (%)Numerical modelEmpirical correlationsRelative difference (%)

0.017221.33215.122.897.146.952.73
0.020187.76183.452.356.616.452.48
0.023163.38160.042.096.176.051.98
0.026145.24142.032.265.855.732.09
0.029130.29127.751.995.595.462.38