ANALYSIS OF UNSTEADY CAVITATION FLOW OVER HYDROFOIL BASED ON DYNAMIC MODE DECOMPOSITION$^{\bf 1)}$

空化是船舶和水下航行体推进器中经常发生的一种特殊流动现象,它具有强烈的非定常性,空化的发生往往会影响推进器的水动力性能和效率. 为探究绕水翼非定常空化流场结构,本文基于 Schnerr-Sauer 空化模型和 SST $k$-$\omega $ 湍流模型,开展绕二维水翼非定常空化流动数值预报与流场结构分析. 通过将数值预报的空泡形态演变和压力数据与试验结果对比,验证了建立的数值方法的有效性. 并基于动力学模态分解方法对空化流场的速度场进行模态分解,分析了各个模态的流场特征. 结果表明,第一阶模态对应频率为 0,代表平均流场;第二阶模态对应频率约为空泡脱落频率,揭示了空泡在水翼前缘周期性地生长与脱落,第三阶模态对应频率约为第二阶模态的 2 倍,揭示了两个大尺度旋涡在水翼后方存在融合行为. 第四阶模态对应频率约为第二阶模态的 3 倍,具有更高的频率,表征流场中存在一些小尺度旋涡的融合行为. 最后对不同空化数下的空化流场进行了模态分解分析,发现脱落空泡的旋涡结构随着空化数的减小而增大,第二阶模态频率随着空化数的减小而减小.     

非定常空化流动涡旋运动及其流体动力特性

采用大涡模拟方法对绕水翼云状空化的水动力特性和非定常流场结构进行研究. 基于实验结果对数值方法进行验证,分析空化与流场内部涡旋结构之间的相互作用以及对水翼动力特性的影响. 研究结果表明:大涡模拟方法可以准确模拟绕水翼流动的非定常过程. 在无空化条件下,升阻力系数存在斯特劳哈数St = 0.85 的主频波动,这是由水翼尾部涡旋结构的发展脱落引起的;在云状空化条件下,升阻力系数存在St = 0.34 的高能量密度低频波动,这是由大规模云状空泡团的发展和脱落引起的;云状空化阶段的升阻力系数在St = 0.5~1.5 的范围内都存在较高的波动,这是由于空化现象对水翼尾缘涡旋结构的发展和脱落产生影响,在不同发展阶段,空化现象不同程度地降低尾缘涡旋结构脱落频率.      

绕栅中水翼空化流动的数值和实验研究

采用数值计算和实验研究的方法研究了绕水翼和栅中水翼的非定常空化流动. 实验采用高速录像技术分别观察了绕水翼和栅中水翼云状空化形态随时间的变化, 测量了升阻力, 并对测量数据进行了频率分析. 计算时空化模型选用了能比较准确描述旋涡空化非定常特性的Kubota模型, 湍流模型采用能准确捕捉流场非定常特性的FBM模型. 计算模型的可靠性用实验结果进行验证. 结果表明, 计算与实验的结果基本一致, 相比绕单个水翼的空化流动, 绕栅中水翼的空穴厚度比较薄, 翼型近壁处的逆压梯度较小, 反向射流的速度较小, 且水汽混合区速度梯度较小, 空穴的脱落周期变长, 平均升阻力系数较小      

主动射流控制水翼空化的数值模拟与分析

为了改善高速流动工况下水翼吸力面上流场的空化特性,提出了水翼表面主动射流对绕水翼周围流动加以控制的方法.基于密度分域滤波的FBDCM混合湍流模型联合Zwart-Gerber-Belamri空化模型,分析了来流空化数为0.83,来流攻角为8°,射流位置距水翼前缘为x=0.19c时,主动射流对于水翼吸力面上流动的空化特性和水动力特性影响.对回射流的强度进行了量化分析,以探究回射流与流场空化特性的关系.数值分析结果表明,在射流水翼吸力面上的时均空泡体积为原始水翼的1/15,使得流场内空化流动由云空化状态转变为较为稳定的片空化状态,显著地削弱了云空化的发展.此外,射流极大地改善了水翼的水动力性能,使得水翼的升阻比较原始水翼提高了22.9%,空泡的脱落频率减少了26.2%,空泡脱落所引起的振幅减小了9.1%.射流大幅降低了水翼吸力面上低压区面积,水翼吸力面上流体的逆向压力减小,回射流强度降低;同时,射流使水翼吸力面上的边界层减薄,增强了流动的抗逆压梯度能力,一定程度上阻挡了回射流向水翼前缘的流动,这也从机理上分析了主动射流抑制空化的原因.      

主动射流控制水翼空化的数值模拟与分析

为了改善高速流动工况下水翼吸力面上流场的空化特性,提出了水翼表面主动射流对绕水翼周围流动加以控制的方法.基于密度分域滤波的FBDCM混合湍流模型联合Zwart-Gerber-Belamri空化模型,分析了来流空化数为0.83,来流攻角为8°,射流位置距水翼前缘为x=0.19c时,主动射流对于水翼吸力面上流动的空化特性和水动力特性影响.对回射流的强度进行了量化分析,以探究回射流与流场空化特性的关系.数值分析结果表明,在射流水翼吸力面上的时均空泡体积为原始水翼的1/15,使得流场内空化流动由云空化状态转变为较为稳定的片空化状态,显著地削弱了云空化的发展.此外,射流极大地改善了水翼的水动力性能,使得水翼的升阻比较原始水翼提高了22.9%,空泡的脱落频率减少了26.2%,空泡脱落所引起的振幅减小了9.1%.射流大幅降低了水翼吸力面上低压区面积,水翼吸力面上流体的逆向压力减小,回射流强度降低;同时,射流使水翼吸力面上的边界层减薄,增强了流动的抗逆压梯度能力,一定程度上阻挡了回射流向水翼前缘的流动,这也从机理上分析了主动射流抑制空化的原因.     

非定常空化流场结构的实验研究

为深入研究非定常空化流场结构,本文用实验方法研究了绕Clark-Y型水翼的非定常空化流动现象.实验在空化水洞中进行,采用高速摄像技术观测了云状空化阶段的非定常空穴形态,并应用粒子成像测速系统(PIV)对绕水翼空化流场的速度场和涡量场等流动特性进行了同步的实验分析.研究表明:空化现象对流场结构有着重要的影响,在无空化和空...     

绕水翼空化流动及振动特性的实验研究

空化是发生在水力机械内部的一种水动力现象,其发展具有显著的非定常特性.空化流动中空穴的脱落以及溃灭会诱发结构振动,对水力机械的效率、噪声、安全性等造成影响. 研究空化流动中结构的振动特性具有重要的工程意义. 采用实验的方法研究了绕NACA66 水翼空化流动的空穴形态和水翼振动特性. 实验在一闭式空化水洞中进行. 采用高速摄像技术观测不同空化阶段的空穴形态,应用多普勒激光测振仪测量水翼的振动速度,并通过一套同步系统实现了高速相机和多普勒激光测振仪的同步触发和测量. 采用小波分析方法对不同空化阶段下的空穴形态和水翼振动数据在时域和频域中的特性进行了分析.对云状空化阶段的同步测量结果进行了研究,分析了振动与空穴发展过程的联系. 结果表明,随着空化数的降低,流场经历了无空化、初生空化、片状空化和云状空化4个阶段,水翼的振动强度呈逐渐增大趋势. 在片状空化和云状空化阶段,空穴脱落导致水翼振动,诱发的振动频率与空穴脱落频率相同. 对于云状空化,在附着型空穴生长阶段水翼发生高频小幅度振动,在空穴脉动和断裂脱落期间水翼表现为低频大幅振动.      

射流对绕水翼云空化流动抑制机理研究

为理解绕水翼云空化流动的发展机理和探究水翼吸力面开孔射流的影响,采用密度修正的RNG k-ε湍流模型和Schnerr-Sauer空化模型对原始NACA66(mod)水翼和采用射流后的水翼的云空化非定常过程进行模拟和对比分析;采用在水翼吸力面近壁区设立监测线的方法对近壁区的流场进行监测,得到近壁区汽相体积分数、回射流速度、压力及压力梯度的时空分布云图;开展了云空化流场特性的涡动力学分析,进而分析水翼云空化的发生机理和射流抑制空化的抑制机理.结果表明:游离型空泡在下游溃灭时产生强烈的局部高压,其向上游传播导致前缘空穴的一次回缩,而空穴的二次回缩受回射流的影响.回射流的发展区域受限于较高的压力梯度,高的压力梯度一直存在,但回射流在一个周期内的首次出现需要时间的积累.在水翼吸力面射流使得射流孔附近压力升高,弥补了由于空化和绕流造成的压降,压力梯度增大,抗逆压能力增强,对回射流起到阻挡作用;另一方面,射流使得回射流区域面积和回射流的强度也有所减小,从而对云空化的发展起到抑制的效果.Q准则的涡结构云图相比于汽相体积分数云图能显示复杂的流动结构,前缘附着型空穴和尾缘游离型空穴内存在旋涡,回射流对空穴存在剪切作用造成空穴脱落.而射流对空穴和回射流的剪切和阻挡使云空化发展得到抑制.     

射流对绕水翼云空化流动抑制机理研究

为理解绕水翼云空化流动的发展机理和探究水翼吸力面开孔射流的影响,采用密度 修正的RNG $k$-$\varepsilon $湍流模型和Schnerr-Sauer空化模型对原始NACA66(mod) 水翼和采用射流后的 水翼的云空化非定常过程进行模拟和对比分析;采用在水翼吸力面近壁区设立监测线的方法对近壁区的流场进行监测,得到 近壁区汽相体积分数、回射流速度、压力及压力梯度的时空分布云图;开展了云空化流场特性的涡动力学分析,进而分析水 翼云空化的发生机理和射流抑制空化的抑制机理. 结果表明:游离型空泡在下游溃灭时产生强烈的局部高压,其向上游传播 导致前缘空穴的一次回缩,而空穴的二次回缩受回射流的影响. 回射流的发展区域受限于较高的压力梯度,高的压力梯度一 直存在,但回射流在一个周期内的首次出现需要时间的积累. 在水翼吸力面射流使得射流孔附近压力升高,弥补了由于空化 和绕流造成的压降,压力梯度增大,抗逆压能力增强,对回射流起到阻挡作用;另一方面,射流使得回射流区域面积和回射 流的强度也有所减小,从而对云空化的发展起到抑制的效果. $Q$准则的涡结构云图相比于汽相体积分数云图能显示复杂的 流动结构,前缘附着型空穴和尾缘游离型空穴内存在旋涡,回射流对空穴存在剪切作用造成空穴脱落. 而射流对空穴和回射 流的剪切和阻挡使云空化发展得到抑制.      

采用分段湍流模式研究绕水翼的空化流动

结合空化流动特点,建立了一个包含空间尺度信息的分段湍流模式。计算中,应用基于质量传输空化模型,分别采用三种湍流模型计算了绕Clark-y型水翼云状空化流动,得到了随时间变化的空泡形态以及升、阻力等流场和动力特性。通过与实验结果的对比,表明这三种湍流模型均能捕捉云状空化区域的空泡形态和空泡脱落的非定常细节。分段湍流模式能够更好地调整流场内的湍流黏性,更精确地预测空穴长度和空穴尾部水汽分布,与实验结果吻合较好。     

Influence of cavitation on the hydroelastic stability of hydrofoils

This work numerically examines the effect of turbulent and cavitating flow on the hydroelastic response and stability of a hydrofoil. A cantilevered, rectangular, chordwise rigid hydrofoil is modeled as a 2-degrees-of-freedom structure for its spanwise bending and torsional flexibilities. The fluid flow is modeled with the incompressible, Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier–Stokes equations using an eddy-viscosity turbulence closure model that is corrected for the presence of cavitation, and with a transport equation based cavitation model. The results show that, in general, massive cavitation tends to: (i) reduce the mean lift, (ii) increase the mean drag, (iii) lower the mean deformations, and (iv) delay static divergence, while unsteady sheet/cloud cavitation promotes flow induced vibrations. Such vibrations and load fluctuations could be as large as (and even greater than) the mean values for cases with unsteady cavitation, so dynamic and viscous fluid–structure models are needed to simulate flexible hydrofoils in cavitating flows. In general, the flow induced vibrations, and hence the drag force, are higher with decreasing stiffness. For small leading edge partial cavitation, increasing foil flexibility increases the maximum cavity length and reduces the cavity shedding frequency; however, the influence of foil flexibility is limited for cases where the maximum cavity length is near or beyond the foil trailing edge, because of the relocation of the center of pressure at the elastic axis, near the mid-chord. The results show that the mean deformations are generally limited by stall, and by the quasi-steady linear theory predictions at the fully-wetted and supercavitating limits. Furthermore, frequency focusing can occur when the cavity shedding frequency is near the fundamental system resonance frequencies, and broadening of the frequency spectrum can occur due to excitation of the sub-harmonics and/or modulation induced by the fluctuating cavities, if the cavity shedding frequency is away from the fundamental system resonance frequencies.     

The influence of surface roughness on cloud cavitation flow around hydrofoils

The aim of this study is to investigate experimentally the effect of surface roughness on cloud cavitation around Clark-Y hydrofoils. High-speed video and particle image velocimetry(PIV) were used to obtain cavitation patterns images(Prog. Aerosp. Sci. 37: 551–581, 2001), as well as velocity and vorticity fields. Results are presented for cloud cavitating conditions around a Clark-Y hydrofoil fixed at angle of attack of α = 8?for moderate Reynolds number of Re = 5.6 × 10~5. The results show that roughness had a great influence on the pattern, velocity and vorticity distribution of cloud cavitation. For cavitating flow around a smooth hydrofoil(A) and a rough hydrofoil(B), cloud cavitation occurred in the form of finger-like cavities and attached subulate cavities, respectively. The period of cloud cavitation around hydrofoil A was shorter than for hydrofoil B.Surface roughness had a great influence on the process of cloud cavitation. The development of cloud cavitation around hydrofoil A consisted of two stages:(1) Attached cavities developed along the surface to the trailing edge;(2) A reentrant jet developed, resulting in shedding and collapse of cluster bubbles or vortex structure. Meanwhile, its development for hydrofoil B included three stages:(1) Attached cavities developed along the surface to the trailing edge, with accumulation and rotation of bubbles at the trailing edge of the hydrofoil affecting the flow field;(2) Development of a reentrant jet resulted in the first shedding of cavities. Interaction and movement of flows from the pressure side and suction side brought liquid water from the pressure side to the suction side of the hydrofoil, finally forming a reentrant jet. The jet kept moving along the surface to the leading edge of the hydrofoil, resulting in large-scale shedding of cloud bubbles. Several vortices appeared and dissipated during the process;(3) Cavities grew and shed again.     

Combined experimental observation and numerical simulation of the cloud cavitation with U-type flow structures on hydrofoils

Sheet/cloud cavitation is an important topic that is a very common type of cavitation in turbo-machinery and marine propeller. Up to now we still have limited understanding of the cavitation shedding dynamics and cloud cavity formation and development. The present study used experimental and numerical studies to gain a better understanding of the complex physics involved in this problem. A series of experimental observations around hydrofoils are carried out in the cavitation tunnel of the China Ship Scientific Research Center (CSSRC) to illustrate the spatial–temporal evolution of the cloud cavity in detail. The results demonstrate that U-type flow structures are common in cloud cavities and can be divided into three stages and the closure line in a sheet cavity often has a convex–concave profile. Reentrant flows occur in the convex region with the jet direction normal to the contour edge so the shedding is mainly caused by the converging reentrant flows. Further analysis demonstrated that there was a striking difference with the cavity growth suppressed substantially in the twisted hydrofoil case if compared with straight hydrofoil and the effect of side entrant jets might make the cavity more uniform across the span. Numerical simulations were used to simulate the formation and development of the cloud cavity. The results show that the strong adverse pressure gradient in the stagnation region at the downstream end of the attached cavity forces the re-entrant flows into the vapor structure with a radially-diverging re-entrant jet and a pair of side-entrant jets, which causes the cavity shedding. Further analyzes of the local flow fields show that the interactions between the circulating flow and the shedding vapor cloud may be the main reason for the formation of the U-type cloud cavity structures.     

Statistical structure of the velocity field in cavitating flow around a 2D hydrofoil

Transformation of flow turbulence structure with cavitation occurrence, determination of the flow conditions favorable for nucleation of cavitation bubbles, influence of the statistical structure of turbulence on this process and the inverse effect of cavitation on the flow dynamics are challenging problems in modern fluid mechanics. The paper reports on the results of statistical processing of the velocity fields measured by a PIV technique in cavitating flow over a 2D symmetric hydrofoil for four flow conditions, starting from a cavitation-free regime and finishing by unsteady cloud cavitation. We analyze basic information on the statistical structure of velocity fluctuations in the form of histograms and Q-Q diagrams along with profiles of the mean velocity and turbulent kinetic energy. The research reveals that the flow turbulence pattern and distributions of turbulent fluctuations change significantly with the cavitation development. Under unsteady cloud cavitation conditions, the probability density function of the fluctuating velocity has a two-mode distribution, which indicates switching of two alternating flow conditions in a region above the hydrofoil aft part due to periodic passing of cavitation clouds. Behaviors of the mean and most probable velocities unexpectedly appear to be different with a monotonous increase of the incoming flow velocity. This finding must be caused by modification of the skewness coefficient of the fluctuating velocity.     

绕三维水翼云状空化现象的实验研究

为了研究云状空化阶段空穴发展和脱落的机理,采用实验的方法对绕三维水翼云状空化流动进行了研究.实验在高速水洞中进行,采用高速摄像技术研究了不同空化阶段的空穴形态,并测量了翼型所受的升阻力,并对上述数据进行了频谱分析.结果发现:在云状空化阶段,观测到空穴的产生-发展-脱落-溃灭的准周期性变化;并捕捉到空泡脱落时附着在翼型前...