绕Hydronautics水翼空化云流动的实验研究

采用高速全流场显示技术和DPIV对空化水翼近壁处的空化云流动形态和运动机理进行了讨论.结果表明:绕Hydronautics翼型的空化云运动是一个准周期性过程:稳定空泡团初生在翼型前部,向翼型后部发展布满整个翼面,在翼型后缘出现汽泡团旋涡,伴随反向运动,最终向下游脱落.当前条件下空泡团旋涡脱落周期约为74 ms.空化区与主流区的交界面上存在较大的速度梯度,一组对涡出现在翼型尾部处交界面上.此外,采用以空泡为示踪粒子的DPIV能够对空化流动流速分布进行有效测量.     

Effect of geometry of hydrodynamically cavitating device on degradation of orange-G

In this research work, we have carried out geometric optimization of different cavitating devices using degradation of orange-G dye [OG] as a model pollutant. Three different cavitating devices viz. orifice plate, circular venturi and slit venturi were optimized and the degradation of orange-G dye was studied. The optimization of all three cavitating devices was done in terms of fluid inlet pressure to the cavitating devices and cavitation number. The effect of pH and initial concentration of the dye on the degradation rate was also studied. The geometry of cavitating device (flow cross sectional area, perimeter, shape, etc.) was found to be an important parameter in getting the maximum cavitational effect using hydrodynamic cavitation. The cavitational yield of all three cavitating devices were compared on the basis of mg of total organic carbon (TOC) reduction per unit energy supplied. The slit venturi gives almost 50% higher degradation rate and cavitational yield among all three cavitating devices studied for the same amount of energy supplied.     

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.     

Investigation of cavitation noise using Eulerian-Lagrangian multiscale modeling

We have employed the large eddy simulation (LES) approach to investigate the cavitation noise characteristics of an unsteady cavitating flow around a NACA66 (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) hydrofoil by employing an Eulerian-Lagrangian based multiscale cavitation model. A volume of fluid (VOF) method simulates the large cavity, whereas a Lagrangian discrete bubble model (DBM) tracks the small bubbles. Meanwhile, noise is determined using the Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings equation (FW-H). Eulerian-Lagrangian analysis has shown that, in comparison to VOF, it is more effective in revealing microscopic characteristics of unsteady cavitating flows, including microscale bubbles, that are unresolvable around the cloud cavity, and their impact on the flow field. It is also evident that its evolution of cavitation features on the hydrofoil is more consistent with the experimental observations. The frequency of the maximum sound pressure level corresponds to the frequency of the main cavity shedding for the noise characteristics. Using the Eulerian-Lagrangian method to predict the noise signal, results show that the cavitation noise, generated by discrete bubbles due to their collapse, is mainly composed of high-frequency signals. In addition, the frequency of cavitation noise induced by discrete microbubbles is around 10 kHz. A typical characteristic of cavitation noise, including two intense pulses during the collapsing of the cloud cavity, is described, as well as the mechanisms that underlie these phenomena. The findings of this work provide for a fundamental understanding of cavitation and serve as a valuable reference for the design and intensification of hydrodynamic cavitation reactors.     

绕水翼初生游离型空化流动结构

为了研究初生空化流动形态及其紊流流场结构,采用高速录像技术观察了绕Clark-Y型水翼初生空化的空化形态,应用LDV分别测量了无空化和初生空化条件下的紊流流场分布.结果表明,绕水翼小攻角无分离流动区域的初生空化形态呈游离发夹涡型空泡团结构,但其具有和单泡相同的发展过程;初生空化和无空化紊流流场的速度和紊流强度没有发现有规律性的差异,初生游离型空穴的形成与发展过程,对雷诺平均流场没有显著的影响.     

基于高速摄像实验的开放腔体圆柱壳入水空泡流动研究

基于高速摄像方法,针对入水空泡流动特征和机理,进行了开放腔体圆柱壳垂直入水实验研究.通过对实验现象的观测,发现开放腔体圆柱壳入水运动会形成波动流动和云化流动两种流动方式,结合影像数据,分别描述了两种流动状态下的空泡形态特征,并获得了空泡波动参数的变化规律;对比不同入水速度实验,分析了入水速度对入水空泡流动方式和流动参数的影响;依据流体力学基本理论,分析了入水空泡波动和云化现象的形成机理.结果表明:随入水速度增加,入水空泡依次呈现波动和云化两种流动状态,波动频率与入水速度无关,闭合发生时间随入水速度增加而减小,与Froude数呈线性关系;入水导致开放空腔内部气体涨缩,引起开放端压力场和速度场周期性扰动,空泡截面扩展程度出现差异,形成空泡波动现象;空泡闭合后尾部形成回射流,回射流触及空泡壁面引起壁面流动转捩,形成空泡云化现象.     

超声波声孔效应中气泡动力学的研究

在超声快速制取组织细胞病理切片的过程中，发现激励信号对切片制取效果有明显的影响.为了掌握超声激励信号对组织细胞的影响规律，达到快速制取病理切片的最佳状态，从气泡空化模型入手，通过改变激励信号频率、声压、气泡初始半径和液体黏滞系数等参量，研究了声孔效应中气泡动力学激励机制.数值计算表明：空化泡振动随激励声压增强而升高，随液体黏滞系数增强而减弱；一定频率范围内空化泡振动能保持在膨胀、收缩和振荡的稳定空化状态，存在空化泡稳态振动的最佳激励频率；一定初始半径能保证空化泡产生稳定的振动，存在空化泡稳态振动幅度最大的初始半径.实际操作中，在频率、声压、初始半径和黏滞系数综合作用的若干空化阈内，声孔效应使超声快速法制取细胞组织切片获得最佳效果. 关键词： 声孔效应 超声空化 气泡振动 稳态空化域     

A modified PANS model for computations of unsteady turbulence cavitating flows

A modification to the PANS (partially averaged Navier-Stokes) model is proposed to simulate unsteady cavitating flows. In the model, the parameter f _k is modified to vary as a function of the ratios between the water density and the mixture density in the local flows. The objective of this study is to validate the modified model and further understand the interaction between turbulence and cavitation around a Clark-Y hydrofoil. The comparisons between the numerical and experiment results show that the modified model can be improved to predict the cavity evolution, vortex shedding frequency and the lift force fluctuating in time fairly well, as it can effectively modulate the eddy viscosity in the cavitating region and various levels of physical turbulent fluctuations are resolved. In addition, from the computational results, it is proved that cavitation phenomenon physically influences the turbulent level, especially by the vortex shedding behaviors. Also, the mean u-velocity profiles demonstrate that the attached cavity thickness can alter the local turbulent shear layer.     

不均匀伴流场中螺旋桨空化的黏性流数值模拟和低频噪声预报

阐述了采用空化黏流CFD瞬态模拟和脉冲球形气泡辐射噪声理论相结合的思路在螺旋桨空化低频噪声谱预报上的应用方法。预报了全附体SUBOFF潜艇标称伴流条件下的NSRDC4383五叶大侧斜桨和某七叶大侧斜桨的片空化低频噪声谱,分析了桨叶负载和空化程度对线谱成分及其谱源级的影响。空化模拟时采用作者提出的且可信性经过验证的改进Sauer空化模型和修正SST湍流模型。噪声谱预报时空化体积由空化特征长度求取,较空泡表面球形等价假设更加合理。计算表明,七叶桨较五叶桨的确具有负载小、空化初生延迟、空化低频线谱噪声低的特征。在相同的基于航速的空化数下,非均匀进流与桨叶相互作用会明显增加线谱成分及其谱源级。在伴流、空化数和转速一定时,随着负载减小,推力、力矩和桨叶空化面积均会减小,但空化体积加速度幅度却变大,离散线谱噪声级增加且由奇次谐频为主转变为以偶次谐频为主;当仅减小空化程度时,谐频线谱成分明显被抑制,且1 kHz频率处谱源级减小2.54 dB。较完整地构建了螺旋桨空化水动力和噪声性能评估的数值平台,可用于指导艇尾低噪声桨的数值设计。      

Novel cavitation fluid jet polishing process based on negative pressure effects

Traditional abrasive fluid jet polishing (FJP) is limited by its high-pressure equipment, unstable material removal rate, and applicability to ultra-smooth surfaces because of the evident air turbulence, fluid expansion, and a large polishing spot in high-pressure FJP. This paper presents a novel cavitation fluid jet polishing (CFJP) method and process based on FJP technology. It can implement high-efficiency polishing on small-scale surfaces in a low-pressure environment. CFJP uses the purposely designed polishing equipment with a sealed chamber, which can generate a cavitation effect in negative pressure environment. Moreover, the collapse of cavitation bubbles can spray out a high-energy microjet and shock wave to enhance the material removal. Its feasibility is verified through researching the flow behavior and the cavitation results of the negative pressure cavitation machining of pure water in reversing suction flow. The mechanism is analyzed through a computational fluid dynamics simulation. Thus, its cavitation and surface removal mechanisms in the vertical CFJP and inclined CFJP are studied. A series of polishing experiments on different materials and polishing parameters are conducted to validate its polishing performance compared with FJP. The maximum removal depth increases, and surface roughness gradually decreases with increasing negative outlet pressures. The surface becomes smooth with the increase of polishing time. The experimental results confirm that the CFJP process can realize a high material removal rate and smooth surface with low energy consumption in the low-pressure environment, together with compatible surface roughness to FJP.     

Modeling cavitation in a rapidly changing pressure field – Application to a small ultrasonic horn

Ultrasonic horn transducers are frequently used in applications of acoustic cavitation in liquids. It has been observed that if the horn tip is sufficiently small and driven at high amplitude, cavitation is very strong, and the tip can be covered entirely by the gas/vapor phase for longer time intervals. A peculiar dynamics of the attached cavity can emerge with expansion and collapse at a self-generated frequency in the subharmonic range, i.e. below the acoustic driving frequency. The term “acoustic supercavitation” was proposed for this type of cavitation Žnidarčič et al. (2014) [1].We tested several established hydrodynamic cavitation models on this problem, but none of them was able to correctly predict the flow features. As a specific characteristic of such acoustic cavitation problems lies in the rapidly changing driving pressures, we present an improved approach to cavitation modeling, which does not neglect the second derivatives in the Rayleigh–Plesset equation. Comparison with measurements of acoustic supercavitation at an ultrasonic horn of 20 kHz frequency revealed a good agreement in terms of cavity dynamics, cavity volume and emitted pressure pulsations.The newly developed cavitation model is particularly suited for simulation of cavitating flow in highly fluctuating driving pressure fields.     

Radial oscillation and translational motion of a gas bubble in a micro-cavity

According to classical nucleation theory, a gas nucleus can grow into a cavitation bubble when the ambient pressure is negative. Here, the growth process of a gas nucleus in a micro-cavity was simplified to two “events”, and the full confinement effect of the surrounding medium of the cavity was considered by including the bulk modulus in the equation of state. The Rayleigh–Plesset-like equation of the cavitation bubble in the cavity was derived to model the radial oscillation and translational motion of the cavitation bubble in the local acoustic field. The numerical results show that the nucleation time of the cavitation bubble is sensitive to the initial position of the gas nucleus. The cavity size affects the duration of the radial oscillation of the cavitation bubble, where the duration is shorter for smaller cavities. The equilibrium radius of a cavitation bubble grown from a gas nucleus increases with increasing size of the cavity. There are two possible types of translational motion: reciprocal motion around the center of the cavity and motion toward the cavity wall. The growth process of gas nuclei into cavitation bubbles is also dependent on the compressibility of the surrounding medium and the magnitude of the negative pressure. Therefore, gas nuclei in a liquid cavity can be excited by acoustic waves to form cavitation bubbles, and the translational motion of the cavitation bubbles can be easily observed owing to the confining influence of the medium outside the cavity.     

Effect of cavitation bubble on the dispersion of magnetorheological polishing fluid under ultrasonic preparation

In the ultrasonic dispersion process, the ultrasonic cavitation effect can seriously affect the dispersion efficiency of magnetorheological polishing fluid (MRPF), but the mechanism remains unclear now. Through considering the continuity equation and Vand viscosity equation of the suspension, a revised cavitation bubble dynamic model in the MRPF was developed and calculated. The effects of presence or absence of solid particles, the volume fraction of solid particles, and viscosity on the cavitation bubble motion characteristics in the MRPF were discussed. Settlement experiments of the MRPF under ultrasonic and mechanical dispersion were observed. Analysis of particle dispersion is made by trinocular biomicroscope and image processing of the microscopic morphology of the MRPF. The results show that the high volume fraction of carbonyl iron particle (CIP) will significantly weaken the cavitation effect, and the low volume fraction of green silicon carbide (GSC) has a negligible effect on the cavitation effect in the MRPF. When the liquid viscosity is greater than or equal to 0.1 Pa·s, it is inconvenient to produce micro-jets in the MRPF. The sedimentation rate of the MRPF prepared by ultrasonic dispersion is lower than mechanical dispersion when the volume fraction of CIP is between 1% and 25%. The dispersion ratio under ultrasonic dispersion is lower than that under mechanical dispersion. The experimental results fit the simulation well. It offers a theoretical basis for exploring the ultrasonic cavitation effect in the industrial application of the MRPF.     

A novel method for optimization of slit Venturi dimensions through CFD simulation and RSM design

This research presents a novel comprehensive method for optimizing the design of cavitating slit Venturi for a given cavitation intensity. This method is applicable to any cavitation number and can be used to provide the Venturi geometry that is suitable for a specific application. In this paper, cavitating Venturi design process is represented in seven steps. As an example, for the cavitation number of 0.2, geometrical and operational parameters of the Venturi were determined using the proposed seven steps. During the design process, the Venturi discharge coefficient was calculated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. Furthermore, Venturi parameters such as inlet pressure, throat area, width, length, height and divergence angle, were optimized by the combination of CFD and Response Surface Methodology (RSM). In addition to calculating the mentioned optimum parameters, other hydraulic parameters of Venturi including discharge coefficient, flowrate, throat velocity, cavitation volume and length were also determined. Finally, the proposed design method in this study was verified by conducting sets of laboratory experiments.     

绕空化器自然空化与通气空化的对比

本文采用高速全流场显示技术和动态应变式测力系统相结合对比了绕圆盘空化器自然空化流场与通气空化流场流动结构和影响因素。结果表明,自然空化和通气空化在流场形态上有着相同的发展过程:初生空化、带状空化、团状空化、半透明超空化和透明超空化;空化数是自然空化主要影响因素之一,通气量是通气空化主要影响因素之一。通气能够促进绕空化器空化流动发展程度。     

轴流式水轮机内部空化流动的数值预测

将一种完整空化模型和一种混合流体两相流模型相结合,应用于轴流式水轮机全流道内定常空化流动的数值模拟。根据模拟结果,分别预测了水轮机在正常和较低尾水位情况下运行时,流道内空化发生的部位和程度,重点考察了尾水位的降低对水轮机空化性能的影响,为水轮机在特定运行工况下的空化性能预测提供参考。     

绕水翼云状空化流动特性的研究

采用高速全流场显示技术分别观测了绕超空化水翼和Clark-Y型水翼的云状空化.结果表明:绕超空化水翼和Clark-Y型水翼的云状空化具有相同的变化过程,即:生成、成长、膨胀、脱落和消失溃灭五种状态,两种空化云流动都具有明显的脱落周期和脱落轨迹.在翼型尾部存在的反方向射流,致使空化旋涡脱落;尽管模型尺度、来流速度和空化数基本相同,但由于超空化水翼与Clark-Y型水翼断面形状不同,使翼型尾部的反方向射流强度不同,故与来流相互作用强度不同,导致绕两种水翼的空化云脱落周期不同.在本文实验条件下,绕超空化水翼空化云和Clark-Y型水翼空化云的脱落频率分别为13.5 Hz和19 Hz.     

Cavitation model of self-recovery of a magnetic-fluid membrane

A cavitation model describing the process of the expansion and collapse of an empty spherical cavity in a nonviscous fluid has been proposed for interpreting the dynamics of breakage and self-recovery of a magnetic-fluid membrane. The theoretical conclusions agree with the results of experiment.     

Dissolved air effects on three-phase hydrodynamic cavitation in large scale Venturi- Experimental/numerical analysis

Hydrodynamic cavitation (HC) in the Venturi nozzle, apart from the harmful influence on the devices, can be used to improve a range of industrial processes, such as biofuel generation, emulsion preparation, and wastewater treatment. The present investigation deals with the influence of dissolved air in Venturi cavitating flow based on numerical and experimental approaches. The experimental campaigns have been done in a closed-loop water tunnel equipped with a Venturi test section. The post-processing techniques such as Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), Power Spectral Density (PSD), temporal/spatial Grey Level distribution and mean value grey level distribution are employed to analyse the experimental observations and measurement. The URANS numerical method is modified based on the Density Corrected-Based Model (DCM) to be more adaptable for flows with high differences in density. The results approve the remarkable effect of dissolved air on the configuration of the cavity, its evolution process, and transient/averaged characteristics. It is observed that the incipient point and ratio of sheet cavity length to cloud cavity length are changed. Furthermore, the flow velocity inside of the sheet and cloud cavities is different; as well as, the higher content of dissolved air leads to slower flow velocity inside the cloud cavity. In addition, the shedding frequency is significantly reduced in case of higher level of air content.