Research Article

Robustness of Supercavitating Vehicles Based on Multistability Analysis

Table 1

Parameters of supercavitating vehicle model.

ParameterDescriptionValue

Acceleration of gravity9.81 m/s2
mDensity ratio 2
nTail efficiency0.5
Radius of cavitator0.0191 m
RRadius of vehicle0.0508 m
LLength of vehicle1.8 m
σCavitation number
Coefficient of lift0.82