A NEW LARGE CAVITATION CHANNEL IN CHINA SHIP SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CENTER

1 .　INTRODUCTIONIntherecentdecades ,itisrealizedthatitisquitenecessarytocarryouttestsathighReynoldsnumberwithalowbackgroundnoiselevelinordertomeetmoreandmoreurgentneedsofmodernnavyandmaritimeindustry .Anewlargecavita tionchannelisdevelopedinCSSRCfortestingcompletehull/ propulsor/appendagesarrange ments[1] .Itrepresentsoneofthelatestintechno logicallyadvancedlargecavitationtestfacilities.Inthefollowingsections ,thefeaturesandthefirsttestresultsofthechannelwillbedescribed .2 .　DICRIP…

A NEW LARGE CAVITATION CHANNEL IN CHINA SHIP SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CENTER

After about 10 years' runing of the LCC(DTRC,USA) and the HYKAT(HSVA,Germany), another new large cavitation channel with low background noise is to be in operation in China Ship Scientific Research Center(CSSRC),Wuxi,China. The important specific properties of the channel are the large test section (2.0 m in height, 2.2 m in width and 10.5 m in length), the maximum speed of more than 15 m/s, the low turbulence level, the low background noise of the whole facility, togother with the new noise measurement system. So large scale models can be tested with only minor wall effects and at high Renolds numbers, and the pretentious acoustical measurements can be performed. This paper describes the features of the new channel and the first test results obtained during extensive calibration and validation.