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  • Cavitation only occurs when water has a very high velocity, and therefore its effects in nature are limited to phenomenon like high waterfalls.

    Soil erosion and deposition 2008

  • Cavitation: intense erosion due to the surface collapse of air bubbles found in rapid flows of water.

    Soil erosion and deposition 2008

  • Cavitation, the creation of momentary pockets of vacuum behind a turning propeller that then collapsed with a distinctive sound, was the bane of all nuclear subs, which relied on absolute silence to remain undetected by their hunters within the ocean depths.

    Countdown Douglass, Keith 1994

  • _Cavitation_ (very marked at excessive speed of revolution).

    The Aeroplane Speaks Fifth Edition 1919

  • [6] = Cavitation, Propeller = -- The tendency to produce a cavity in the air.

    The Aeroplane Speaks Fifth Edition 1919

  • Cavitation, Propeller -- The tendency to produce a cavity in the air.

    The Aeroplane Speaks 1919

  • Cavitation (very marked at excessive speed of revolution).

    The Aeroplane Speaks 1919

  • Cavitation (very marked at excessive speed of revolution).

    The Aeroplane Speaks 1917

  • Cavitation, Propeller -- The tendency to produce a cavity in the air.

    The Aeroplane Speaks 1917

  • For example, Cavitation has conducted tests whereby cavitation technology was used to produce 5% to 15% more diesel and gasoline from the same barrel of crude oil at lower temperatures.

    Aktuellste Pressemeldungen der PresseBox Undiscovered Equities 2010

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