Preface Nomenclature CHAPTER 1. PHASE CHANGE, NUCLEATION, AND CAVITATION Introduction The Liquid State Fluidity and Elasticity Illustration of Tensile Strength Cavitation and Boiling Types of Nucleation Homogeneous Nucleation Theory Comparison with Experiments Experiments on Tensile Strength Heterogeneous Nucleation Nucleation Site Populations Effect of Contaminant Gas Nucleation in Flowing Liquids Viscous Effects in Cavitation Inception Cavitation Inception Measurements Cavitation Inception Data Scaling of.
