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On the shape of a slender axisymmetric cavity in a ponderable liquid

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A solution is obtained to the equation for the shape of a slender axisymmetric cavity in a heavy liquid. The minimal cavitation numbers are calculated.

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 133–136, November–December, 1979.

I thank E. N. Kapankin, V. P. Karlikov, and Yu. L. Yakimov for interesting and helpful discussions of the work.

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Nesteruk, I.G. On the shape of a slender axisymmetric cavity in a ponderable liquid. Fluid Dyn 14, 923–927 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01052000

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