... as low as 0.001. Predicted location and size of Mach disk in the near-continuum limit ( Kn = 0.001 , 0.0005 ) are found to be in reasonable agreement with experimental results in the continuum regime. 05 03 2004 26 06 2005 jets gases flow simulation orifices (mechanical) rarefied...

... July 10, 2001; revised manuscript received May 6, 2002. Associate Editor: Y. Tsujimoto. 10 July 2001 06 May 2002 04 12 2002 hydraulic systems cavitation liquids gases thermodynamic properties flow simulation The simulation of cavitated flows is necessary...