水中自然超空泡机理及减阻效应的非平衡分子动力学研究

应用非平衡分子动力学方法,对水中超空泡流形成机理及减阻效应进行了模拟研究.计算得到了流体密度分布、局部空化数分布、阻力系数及含气百分比等流场细节数据,结果显示空化数判据在分子层面仍然成立,局部低空化数区域与超空泡形成区域在空间上分离;超空泡形成和稳定主要受物体运动速度影响;空化器构型对空泡内含气率有较大影响;从云雾空化状态过渡到超空泡,物体表面摩擦力可以减小50%—90%.与数值模拟结果的对比表明非平衡分子动力学模拟适用于研究微观超空泡机理,能够经济有效地探讨超高速流体运动的一些自然规律. 关键词： 非平衡分子动力学 超空泡 高速流体 摩擦系数     

绕水翼片状空化流动结构的数值与实验研究

采用数值与实验相结合的方法研究了水翼片状空化流动结构.实验采用高速录像技术观察了片状卒泡形态,应用LDV测量了翼型周围的湍动能和速度分布;采用N-S方程和基于空泡动力学方程的空化模型计算了绕水翼片状空化流场.结果表明:在片状空化阶段,翼型吸力面上附着很薄的一层透明空泡,空泡彤态呈现于指状;随着空化数的减少,空泡尾部水汽交界面相互作用增强,并且空泡尾部出现大的旋涡,影响了空泡尾部区域压力和速度分布,片状空泡尾部的水汽混合区出现不稳定现象,同时存在小的空泡团脱落.数值模拟得到的水翼片状空化流动现象和实验观察到的结果基本一致,验证了计算模型和数值方法的可靠性.     

三维小空化数空泡流数值方法

采用均质平衡流空泡模型,引入基于求解液体质量份数输运方程的空泡流模型,提出新的压力密度耦合的压缩性方法和控制气液两相转换的源项,求解汽水混合介质的RANS方程和带低雷诺数修正的k-ε模型,实现了小空化数(σ=0.2~0.01)下水下航行体的空泡流数值模拟.得到清晰的空泡形态特征与内部结构,以及空泡长度和最大直径随空化数的变化规律,给出航行体运动阻力系数与空化数之间的变化关系.将计算结果与解析结果及实验数据进行比较表明,该方法保证了极小空化数下自然空泡流计算的稳定性与收敛性,提高了空泡形态特性的预报精度.     

低温泵内空化流动演化规律的数值仿真

为了研究低温泵内的空化流动对泵效率的影响,采用SST k-ω湍流模型和Zwart空化模型对泵内空化流动进行数值模拟分析。结果表明:随着泵入口压力不断降低,叶轮入口处空泡越来越明显;空泡较明显的叶轮流道出口处形成较集中的高温区;当泵入口压力较高时,不同介质温度的泵效率均略有下降且斜率相近;当泵入口压力较低时,不同温度下液氮对应的泵效率曲线斜率有一定差异,温度越高,效率下降越快。这些研究的发现可以为低温泵性能的改善提供一定的参考。     

小攻角下三维细长体定常空化形态研究

基于边界元方法, 使空泡表面和细长体表面分别满足Dirichlet 边界条件和Neumann边界条件, 数值迭代获得小攻角下三维细长体的定常空化形态. 采用线性三角形单元, 将控制点布置在网格节点上, 应用局部正交坐标系并采用迭代方法获得空泡表面的速度势, 进而通过边界积分方程确定空泡厚度的分布. 采用拉格朗日插值方法得到空泡末端的厚度, 避免了迭代过程中网格的重新划分. 数值结果与实验值符合良好, 验证了该方法的合理性. 系统研究了空化数、攻角以及锥角对于三维细长体空化形态的影响规律. 数值结果表明: 攻角使得细长体的空化形态呈现不对称性, 出现空泡向背流面“堆积”的现象; 而空化数越小或锥角越大, 空泡形态的不对称性将越严重. 关键词： 边界元方法 三维细长体 局部空化 攻角     

表面张力对固壁旁空泡运动特性影响的理论和实验研究

表面张力是影响空泡脉动及空蚀的一个重要因素.对五种不同表面张力液体中空泡脉动（膨胀和收缩）过程进行了研究,并将实验结果与基于空泡生长和溃灭理论的计算结果进行了对比.实验中,用激光作为测试光源,采用光偏转测试系统研究了不同表面张力液体中空泡泡壁运动规律及泡壁速度的变化.结果表明：表面张力对空泡膨胀过程起抑制作用,故液体表面张力愈大,空泡能达到的最大直径越小;表面张力对空泡的收缩过程则起加速作用,液体表面张力愈大,收缩越迅速,空泡泡壁运动速度越大,其所产生的瞬时溃灭压强越大,空化效果越好. 关键词： 表面张力 空泡 光偏转     

超声清洗装置空化噪声谱分析法空化噪声级测量

空化强度是用以衡量液体介质中空化活动的剧烈程度,同时空化效应在超声清洗中起关键作用,因此,测量超声清洗槽中的空化强度便可了解其中空化活动的情况.当发生空化时,液体介质中会产生成分复杂空化噪声,对空化噪声谱进行分析和计算得到空化噪声级,据此可判断空化强度.实验测得结果表明:超声清洗装置内稳态空化分布广泛、均匀,瞬态空化分...     

空化数对离心泵水力性能影响的数值研究

采用发展的Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes方程和液相/气相界面跟踪方法的单相空化模型数值求解技术,开展了空化数对离心泵的水力性能影响特性的数值研究。在两种空化数下,数值预测的离心泵水力性能与试验数据具有很好的一致性,验证了数值预测方法的可靠性和实用性。研究了不同空化数下离心泵水力性能能头的变化规律和离心泵叶轮内附着空化空泡的形状变化特性。研究结果表明,离心泵内空化空泡尺寸随着空化数的降低而增加,离心叶轮附着空化空泡尺寸的增加降低了离心泵的能头,使得离心泵水力性能下降。     

FBM模型在栅中翼形空化流动计算中的应用

以单排Clark-Y型水翼叶栅为例,采用滤波器湍流模型(FBM)对绕栅中水翼的空化流动进行数值研究。雷诺数和空化数结合水洞实验工况进行设置,滤波尺寸根据加密区最大网格尺度取出经验值,模型通过二次开发方法嵌入至CFX软件中。对栅中水翼空化流动特性的分析表明,栅中翼形前缘和后缘部分均可能发生准周期性的空泡脱落现象,其脱落周期随空化数的降低而变大;前缘和后缘空泡的脱落均对翼型阻力产生影响,但前者影响更大,随空化数的降低,脱落现象逐渐局限于后缘部分,使翼型所受阻力的波动大为减弱。     

绕Hydronautics水翼空化旋涡的高速录像观察

为了解hydronautics超空化水翼的绕流流场特性,采用高速摄像机等流动显示设备,在空化水洞中针对此种超空化水翼进行了一系列绕流流场显示实验。实验结果表明,绕这种超空化水翼的空化形成与发展,均与产生于翼型前端 (吸力面)和尾端(压力面)的旋涡或二者的结合体:空化涡街有关;空化数的大小,决定了空化涡街形成与溃灭的不同特征;当空化数较低时,涡街中空化旋涡的扩张形成了闭合的超空化区域。     

Numerical simulations of acoustic cavitation noise with the temporal fluctuation in the number of bubbles

Numerical simulations of cavitation noise have been performed under the experimental conditions reported by Ashokkumar et al. (2007) [26]. The results of numerical simulations have indicated that the temporal fluctuation in the number of bubbles results in the broad-band noise. “Transient” cavitation bubbles, which disintegrate into daughter bubbles mostly in a few acoustic cycles, generate the broad-band noise as their short lifetimes cause the temporal fluctuation in the number of bubbles. Not only active bubbles in light emission (sonoluminescence) and chemical reactions but also inactive bubbles generate the broad-band noise. On the other hand, “stable” cavitation bubbles do not generate the broad-band noise. The weaker broad-band noise from a low-concentration surfactant solution compared to that from pure water observed experimentally by Ashokkumar et al. is caused by the fact that most bubbles are shape stable in a low-concentration surfactant solution due to the smaller ambient radii than those in pure water. For a relatively high number density of bubbles, the bubble–bubble interaction intensifies the broad-band noise. Harmonics in cavitation noise are generated by both “stable” and “transient” cavitation bubbles which pulsate nonlinearly with the period of ultrasound.     

Modeling of interaction between therapeutic ultrasound propagation and cavitation bubbles

In medical applications of high intense focused ultrasound the mechanism of interaction between ultrasound waves and cavitation bubbles is responsible for several therapeutic effects as well as for undesired side effects. Based on a two-phase continuum approach for bubbly liquids, in this paper a numerical model is presented to simulate these interactions. The numerical results demonstrate the influence of the cavitation bubble cloud on ultrasound propagation. In the case of a lithotripter pulse an increased bubble density leads to significant changes in the tensile part of the pressure waveform. The calculations are verified by measurements with a fiber optical hydrophone and by experimental results of the bubble cloud dynamics.     

A Theoretical Model for the Asymmetric Transmission of Powerful Acoustic Wave in Double-Layer Liquids

A theoretical model which couples the oscillation of cavitation bubbles with the equation of an acoustic wave is utilized to describe the sound fields in double-layer liquids, which can be used to realize the asymmetric transmission of acoustic waves. Numerical simulations show that the asymmetry is related to the properties of the host liquids and the input acoustic wave. Asymmetry can be enhanced if the maximum number density or the ambient radius of the cavitation bubbles in the low cavitation threshold liquid increases. Moreover, the direction of rectification will be reversed if the amplitude of the input acoustic wave becomes high enough.     

Enhancement of oscillation amplitude of cavitation bubble due to acoustic wake effect in multibubble environment

Acoustic cavitation occurs in ultrasonic treatment causing various phenomena such as chemical synthesis, chemical decomposition, and emulsification. Nonlinear oscillations of cavitation bubbles are assumed to be responsible for these phenomena, and the neighboring bubbles may interact each other. In the present study, we numerically investigated the dynamic behavior of cavitation bubbles in multi-bubble systems. The results reveal that the oscillation amplitude of a cavitation bubble surrounded by other bubbles in a multi-bubble system becomes larger compared with that in the single-bubble case. It is found that this is caused by an acoustic wake effect, which reduces the pressure near a bubble surrounded by other bubbles and increases the time delay between the bubble contraction/expansion cycles and sound pressure oscillations. A new parameter, called “cover ratio” is introduced to quantitatively evaluate the variation in the bubble oscillation amplitude, the time delay, and the maximum bubble radius.     

Numerical simulations of stable cavitation bubble generation and primary Bjerknes forces in a three-dimensional nonlinear phased array focused ultrasound field

We present a model developed for studying the generation of stable cavitation bubbles and their motion in a three-dimensional volume of liquid with axial symmetry under the effect of finite-amplitude phased array focused ultrasound. The density of bubbles per unit volume is determined by a nonlinear law which is a threshold-dependent function of the negative acoustic pressure reached in the liquid, in which nuclei are initially distributed. The nonlinear mutual interaction of ultrasound and bubble oscillations is modeled by a nonlinear coupled differential system formed by the wave and a Rayleigh-Plesset equations, for which both the pressure and the bubble oscillation variables are unknown. The system, which accounts for nonlinearity, dispersion, and attenuation due to the bubbles, is solved by numerical approximations. The nonlinear acoustic pressure field is then used to evaluate the primary Bjerknes force field and to predict the subsequent motion of bubbles. In order to illustrate the procedure, a medium-high and a low ultrasonic frequency configurations are assumed. Simulation results show where bubbles are generated, the nonlinear effects they have on ultrasound, and where they are relocated. Despite many physical restrictions and thanks to its particularities (two nonlinear coupled fields, bubble generation, bubble motion), the numerical model used in this work gives results that show qualitative coherence with data observed experimentally in the framework of stable cavitation and suggest their usefulness in some application contexts.     

声空化气泡成长及破裂研究

本文对液体内的声空化气泡的成长与破裂过程进行数值计算,得到各种情况下气泡壁的运动情况.通过对不同初始半径、不同频率下声空化气泡运动的计算,得到空化气泡半径小于共振半径,可以增强空化效果,而单一的增强声场的频率并不一定能加强声空化效果,为增强空化效果提供理论依据.研究各种信号作用下声空化气泡成长情况,明确方波信号激励下的...     

Theoretical estimation of sonochemical yield in bubble cluster in acoustic field

In order to learn more about the physical phenomena occurring in cloud cavitation, the nonlinear dynamics of a spherical cluster of cavitation bubbles and cavitation bubbles in cluster in an acoustic field excited by a square pressure wave are numerically investigated by considering viscosity, surface tension, and the weak compressibility of the liquid.The theoretical prediction of the yield of oxidants produced inside bubbles during the strong collapse stage of cavitation bubbles is also investigated. The effects of acoustic frequency, acoustic pressure amplitude, and the number of bubbles in cluster on bubble temperature and the quantity of oxidants produced inside bubbles are analyzed. The results show that the change of acoustic frequency, acoustic pressure amplitude, and the number of bubbles in cluster have an effect not only on temperature and the quantity of oxidants inside the bubble, but also on the degradation types of pollutants, which provides a guidance in improving the sonochemical degradation of organic pollutants.     

Laser holographic observation of cavitation cloud on a foil section

Observation of a cavitation cloud was performed using an off-axis laser holography system. The cavitation cloud contains an inverse U-shaped vortex cavitation surrounded by many small cavitation bubbles. The density of bubbles with radius larger than 35 μm is on the order of 10³ bubbles/cm³. The bubble number distribution was determined from the observation and by counting individual bubbles in reconstructed holographic images of the cavitation cloud.     

导电流体中气泡径向振动行为的磁场控制

液态金属中气泡行为是磁流体力学的重要方面。为对磁场条件下导电流体中气泡动力学行为作全面理解,基于磁流体动力学方法建立了磁场条件下导电流体中气泡径向振动的无量纲化动力学方程,数值研究了磁场对导电流体中气泡径向非线性振动稳定性、泡内温度、泡内气压及液体空化阈值的影响。结果显示:磁场增强了气泡非线性振动的稳定性,随着磁场增强且当作用在泡上的电磁力与惯性力数量级可比时,气泡运动为稳定的周期性振动;同时,磁场引起泡内温度、泡内压力及液体空化阈值变化。研究表明,可用磁场调节和控制液态金属中气泡的运动使其满足工程应用需求。      

Spatial-temporal dynamics of cavitation bubble clouds in 1.2 MHz focused ultrasound field

Cavitation bubbles have been recognized as being essential to many applications of ultrasound. Temporal evolution and spatial distribution of cavitation bubble clouds induced by a focused ultrasound transducer of 1.2 MHz center frequency are investigated by high-speed photography. It is revealed that at a total acoustic power of 72 W the cavitation bubble cloud first emerges in the focal region where cavitation bubbles are observed to generate, grow, merge and collapse during the initial 600 μs. The bubble cloud then grows upward to the post-focal region, and finally becomes visible in the pre-focal region. The structure of the final bubble cloud is characterized by regional distribution of cavitation bubbles in the ultrasound field. The cavitation bubble cloud structure remains stable when the acoustic power is increased from 25 W to 107 W, but it changes to a more violent form when the acoustic power is further increased to 175 W.