Flow past a plate lattice with developed cavitation

Problems of streamline cavitation flow past a lattice were studied in [1–8] using the Kirchhoff scheme. In this scheme the magnitude of the velocity at the free surface is equal to the stream velocity behind the lattice, and the cavitation number is zero (for a lattice the relative velocity and the cavitation number are defined from the stream velocity behind the lattice). In [4, 7] a solution is given of the problem of flow past a lattice using a scheme with an Efros-Gilbargreturn streamline, which permits considering arbitrary cavitation numbers; however, a unique solution is not given. Some other streamline schemes are mentioned in [8].In the following we consider the cavitational flow of an ideal incompressible inviscid and weightless fluid past an infinite lattice of flat plates, using the streamline wake model previously utilized by Wu [9] in studying cavitational flow past an isolated obstacle. In accordance with this model, the streamlines which separate from the body and bound the cavity behind it pass into two curvilinear infinitely long walls, along which the pressure increases and approaches the pressure in the undisturbed stream.It is further assumed that in the hodograph plane there corresponds to the curvilinear walls a cut along some line and that the complex potential takes the same values at points lying on opposite sides of the cut. In particular, at the points of contact of the streamlines with the curvilinear walls the complex potential is the same. In the Wu scheme the latter condition leads to vanishing of the velocity circulation along the contour CABC₁ (Fig. 1).In conclusion the author wishes to thank N. V. Yurtaeva for the accurately performed numerical work.     

Subsonic gas-liquid cavitation flow past a disk

The problem of axisymmetric subsonic gas-liquid cavitation flow past a disk in accordance with the Riabouchinsky scheme is solved using the method of [1]. Formulas relating the main flow parameters with the cavitation number, the Mach number on the free boundary and the gas/liquid volume ratio under stagnation conditions are presented.Kazan'. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 202–206, March–April, 1996.     

Jet-Cavitation Flow Past “Fluid Cylinders”

A new class of plane steady-state flows of an inviscid incompressible weightless fluid in the presence of point singularities inside the flow and constant-pressure regions is studied. Solutions of the problems of jet and cavitation flow past the atmospheres of these singularities are constructed. At positive cavitation numbers, the singular-point method of Chaplygin and the Efros scheme are used for cavity closure. The case of negative cavitation numbers is also considered. A parametric and numerical analysis of the solutions obtained is carried out. The studied flows can be treated as either jet or circulation flow past curvilinear contours of special shape. They can also be used for constructing new schemes for the closure of developed cavitation zones.     

Cavitation flow calculations for a viscous and capillary fluid

Developed cavitation calculations, where the cavity forms a void directly adjoining and stationary relative to the body, have been carried out almost exclusively within the framework of ideal fluid mechanics [1, 2]. Experiments (for example, [2, 3]), however, indicate that viscosity and capillarity have an undoubted influence on cavitation flows. In the case of developed cavities behind nonlifting bodies this effect has been taken into account [4] in terms of the dependence of the arc abscissa of the beginning of the cavity on the Weber and Reynolds numbers We and Re for a given value of the cavitation number. In calculating a partial cavity (of a length not exceeding that of the body in the flow) it is necessary to take into account the development of the boundary layer on the cavity and the presence of viscous separation zones not only in front of but also behind it. In this paper a method of calculating partial cavitation satisfying these requirements is proposed, and problems relating to the justification of the method are discussed. The cavitation calculations presented employ the flow model described in [5], which takes into account the presence of the boundary layer on the body and the cavity, together with the viscous separation zones. The calculation method is a development of that described in [6] and makes important use of an idea derived from [2, 7]. In this connection, the fact that the characteristics of the boundary layer in cavitation flow past bodies have not been sufficiently studied has made it necessary to resort to a numerical experiment to close the semiempirical relations used in the calculations.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 45–51, November–December, 1985.     

Cavitation flow past an arbitrarily-shaped airfoil

The problem of two-dimensional inviscid incompressible flow past an arbitrarily-shaped airfoil in the presence of developed cavitation is studied in an accurate nonlinear formulation.Kazan'. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 86–90, September–October, 1995.     

Modeling and computation of cavitation in vortical flow

The paper presents an investigation of Euler–Lagrangian methods for cavitating two-phase flows. The Euler–Euler methods, widely used for simulations of cavitating flows in ship technology, perform well in regions of moderate flow changes but fail in zones of strong, vortical flow. Reasons are the strong approximations of cavitation models in the Euler concept. Alternatively, Euler–Lagrangian concepts enable more detailed formulations for transport, dynamics and acoustic of discrete vapor bubbles. Test calculations are performed to study the influence of different parameters in the equations of motion and in the Rayleigh–Plesset equation for bubble dynamics. Results confirm that only Lagrangian models are able to describe correctly the bubble behavior in vortices, while Eulerian results deviate strongly. Lagrangian formulations enable additionally the determination of acoustic pressure of cavitation noise. Two-way coupling between the phases is required for large regions of the vapor phase. A new coupling concept between continuous fluid flow and discrete bubble phase is developed and demonstrated for flow through a nozzle. However, the iterative coupling between the phases via volume fractions is computationally expensive and should therefore be applied only in regions where Eulerian treatment fails. A corresponding local concept for combination with an Euler–Euler method is outlined and is in progress.     

Superposition of low-amplitude shear vibrations on steady shear flow of an elastic fluid

The previously proposed theory of viscoelastic behavior of polymer fluids is compared with experiments on the superposition of low-amplitude shear vibrations on a steady flow. It is shown that the theory agrees satisfactorily with experiments on a single polymer solution. The superposition of a steady shear flow and low-amplitude vibrations can be used to investigate some nonlinear effects characteristic of elastic fluids by relatively simple methods. The literature devoted to this question is fairly extensive; we cite only investigations in which the main results have been obtained [1–3]. The most common experimental scheme is one-dimensional (parallel superposition), although there is also a two-dimensional scheme of orthogonal superposition of shear vibrations on steady flows. Since almost all the effects in the second scheme are qualitatively similar to the first [3], but are not so clearly manifested, we give the theoretical and experimental results relating to the parallel scheme in this paper.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 3–7, January–February, 1976.We are grateful to É. Kh. Lipkina for help in the calculations.     

On the formulation of the problem of the motion of a body in water

The selection of solutions describing steady irrotational flow of an ideal incompressible fluid over bodies is considered. The selection is based on restrictions that follow from the physical properties of a real fluid and from the presence of a boundary layer on the body. In particular, for any body one can specify a minimal Euler number below which flow without cavitation becomes physically impossible. In the limiting case of an Euler number equal to zero, only the Kirchhoff scheme is physical admissible, and the cavity section tends to a circle. An equation is derived for the limiting shapes of cavities at small cavitation numbers, and a comparison is made with known results.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 19–26, September–October, 1980.     

Calculation of axisymmetric cavities downstream of a disk in subsonic compressible fluid flow

Cavitation subsonic water flow past a disk is calculated in accordance with the Riabouchinsky scheme by a finite-difference method at Mach numbers M0.95 and cavitation number –0.02. The calculated results are compared with the data of slender body theory and the results obtained from some approximate formulas.Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 94–103, March–April, 1996.     

On swirling jets

An exact solution to the Navier-Stokes equations is found for a jet emanating from the end of a vortex filament into a region filled with a fluid. Depending on the degree of swirling of the jet, a closed or open flow regime is realized. In the case of strong swirling, the solution is not unique. Approximate analytic solutions to problems as well as numerical solutions are given.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 26–35, January–February, 1979.I am grateful to M. Kh. Pravdin for the numerical calculations.     

Modeling of developed cavitation flows in water tunnels

An approximate dependence between cavitation numbers in an unbounded flow and in an experimental section of a water tunnel, at which the equality of the maximum transverse dimensions of the cavities formed behind identical cavitators is ensured, is obtained in the framework of a model of a viscous, weightless, incompressible liquid. On the basis of an analysis of the well-known numerical calculations of developed cavitation flows for cavitators of different shape in the two-dimensional and axisymmetric cases, and those carried out by the authors, an estimate is made showing that when the found relation between these cavitation numbers is satisfied the relative lengths, the relative maximum transverse dimensions, and the elongations of the cavities are also equal in unbounded and bounded flows. These values are equal in the considered cases, correct to 6%, for all the cavitation numbers in the tunnel which differ from the limiting values by not less than 5%. This conclusion is verified by experiments of the authors and other investigators.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 73–80, March–April, 1987.     

Symmetric cavitation flow past a wedge in the presence of a source on the wedge or in the flow

A solution is found to the problem of symmetric cavitation flow over a wedge by an ideal incompressible fluid (in accordance with Efros's scheme [1]) in the presence of a point source in the flow or on the wedge. Expressions are obtained for the forces exerted on the source and the wedge by the fluid, the conditions under which there is a negative resistance (thrust) are indicated, and the profiles of the free streamlines are constructed for different values of the flow parameters.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Shidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 137–141, November–December, 1979.We thank L. I. Sedov for his interest in the work.     

Capillary cavity flow past a circular cylinder

Cavity flow past a circular cylinder is considered accounting for the surface tension on the cavity boundary. The fluid is assumed to be inviscid and incompressible, and the flow is assumed to be irrotational. The solution is based on two derived governing expressions, which are the complex velocity and the derivative of the complex potential defined in an auxiliary parameter region. An integral equation in the velocity magnitude along the free surface is derived from the dynamic boundary condition. The Brillouin–Villat criterion is employed to determine the location of the point of flow separation. The cases of zero surface tension and zero cavitation number are obtained as limiting cases of the solution. Numerical results concerning the effects of surface tension and cavitation development on the cavity detachment, the drag force and the geometry of the free boundaries are presented over a wide range of the Weber and the cavitation numbers.     

Dependence of the drag of a conical axisymmetric cavitation body on the cone angle and the cavitation number

Numerical investigations of flow past axisymmetric conical captation bodies have shown that the drag coefficient of the cavitation body, calculated from the maximum cross-sectional area of the cavity (midsection), depends on the cavitation number and the cone angle.Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 170–173, May–June, 1995.In conclusion, the author is grateful to G. Yu. Stepanov whose critical remarks were helpful in making this paper more conclusive and more illustrative.     

Thin axisymmetric cavities in a subsonic compressible flow

The investigation of subsonic compressible flow past thin axisymmetric cavities carried out in [1–3] is continued by the method of asymptotic expansions. The dependence of the elongation of the cavity on the cavitation number and the Mach number is obtained.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 174–177, September–October, 1987.The author is grateful to Yu. L. Yakimov for discussing his results.     

Problems of theory and practical use of a laser doppler velocimeter in the investigation of turbulent flows

At present great attention is being devoted to the development of laser Doppler velocimeters (LDV) for experimental investigation of turbulent flows. The main types of optical schemes of LDV are discussed in this article. Formulas for the output signal of the photoreceiver and the results of spectral analysis of this signal with the statistics of the scattering centers taken into consideration are presented. The uncertainty relation for the spatial resolution and the width of the Doppler spectrum is obtained. The optical scheme of a three-component velocimeter and the block diagram of its electronic part are given. The potentialities of the meter are demonstrated using, as an example, flow past a cylinder.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 1, pp. 110–120, January–February, 1973.     

Asymptotic behavior of the neutral curves of the linear stability problem for a laminar boundary layer

Asymptotic flow schemes corresponding to two branches of the solution for the neutral stability curve of a laminar boundary layer in an incompressible fluid are constructed. Two-term asymptotic solutions are obtained in the limit when the Reynolds number tends to infinity. The linear formulation of the problem is used and the flow is assumed to be two dimensional.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 39–46, September–October, 1981.I should like to thank O. V. Denisenko for making the numerical calculations.     

A model of cavitational flows for initial stages of cavitation

Initial stages of cavitation onset in a stream of liquid flowing past a body is considered. A certain pattern of hydrodynamic phenomena related to the onset of cavitational flows is porposed. It is based on the assumption of a comparatively high cavitation number and that a liquid with a relatively low content of gas-vapor bubbles moves within a certain zone.Results of calculations are compared with experimentally determined dimensions of the cavitation zone. As an example, the flow past a step in a plane channel is considered.     

Quasihomogeneous model of cavitation flows in diffuser channels

Starting with the experiments carried out by Reynolds in 1894, the flow in Venturi tubes has traditionally been used to study and demonstrate various forms of cavitation. Numerous authors have carried out experimental research on the various flow regimes in diffuser channels [1–7] or have investigated theoretical models of such flows [6, 8]. The occurrence and development of cavitation is closely associated with the phenomenon of turbulent separation complicated by the presence of two-phase flow in the dissipation zone. For a long time these effects were considered separately, until Gogish and Stepanov [9] proposed a single model of cavitation and separation based on the theory of intense interaction of an incompressible potential flow and a turbulent cavitation layer of variable density and embracing the various stages of cavitation. The object of this study is to demonstrate the possibilities of this model with reference to the simple example of flows accompanied by cavitation and separation in plane and axisymmetric diffuser channels of the Venturi tube type with straight and curved walls. The dissipative flow near the walls is described by a quasihomogeneous model of turbulent two-phase flow, in which the presence of two phases is taken into account only by varying the mean density. The potential core of the flow is considered in the one-dimensional formulation. The displacement thickness serves as the flow interaction parameter. The conditions of ocurrence and development of circulatory flows are determined. Examples of symmetrical and nonsymmetrical flows are presented.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 47–54, September–October, 1986.     

A dual‐time central‐difference interface‐capturing finite volume scheme applied to cavitation modelling

This paper describes a central‐difference interface‐capturing scheme applied to the prediction of flows with cavitation. Compressible cavitation schemes based on standard central‐difference solvers have been previously described, but the current scheme uses an incompressible formulation only previously implemented with an upwind solver. The central‐difference solver offers significant advantages in computational time compared with upwind schemes. Regions of cavitation are captured rather than tracked. This means that there is no need for complex tracking and reconstruction procedures for the interface of the cavitation region. The use of such schemes on an arbitrarily unstructured mesh is no more complicated than on its structured counterpart. Results for a number of test cases are presented, with comparisons made with both experimental data and other numerical solutions. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.