Numerical and experimental investigations on the cavitating flow in a cascade of hydrofoils

The cavitating flow in a cascade of three hydrofoils was investigated by experimental means and numerical simulation. Experiments on the 2D-hydrofoils cascade were carried out at Darmstadt University of Technology in a rectangular test section of a cavitation tunnel. A numerical model developed at LEGI (Grenoble) to describe the unsteady behaviour of cavitation, including the shedding of vapour structures, was applied to the hydrofoils cascade geometry. Results of both experimental and numerical studies show a strong interaction between the cavities of each flow channel besides the typical self-oscillation of cloud cavitation. A detailed comparison of the results allows an interpretation of the interaction mechanisms to be proposed.     

云状空化非定常脱落机理的数值与实验研究

结合数值计算和实验技术研究了云状空化的非定常脱落机理. 实验采用高速录像技术观察了绕Clark-y型水翼云状空化形态随时间的变化. 数值计算采用了汽-液两相的当地均相流模型,湍流封闭采用了一种修正的RNG k-\varepsilon方程,利用商业软件的二次开发技术,引入了一种与空化区域水汽相密度相关的系数,对湍流模型进行了修正. 计算和实验结果均表明:云状空化尾部存在着准周期性的涡状空化团的脱落;局部压强的增加是引起空穴断裂进而脱落的直接原因;压强升高是由于近壁处的反向射流引起的;空穴尾部的大规模的旋涡运动引起的近壁处的逆压梯度是引起反向射流的主要原因.      

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.     

Parametric excitations and lock-in of flexible hydrofoils in two-phase flows

This work introduces a reduced-order method to study the parametric excitations and lock-in of flexible hydrofoils caused by unsteady two-phase (cavitating) flow. The reduced-order method is based on a 1-DOF structural model coupled with a van der Pol wake oscillator with empirically derived relations for the variation in lift, cavity-length, and cavity-shedding frequency as a function of a non-dimensional cavitation parameter. The results are compared with several available data from both numerical simulations and experimental measurements. The frequency content of both the predicted and measured vibrations suggested that, in addition to the primary cavity-shedding frequency and the hydrofoil natural frequencies, unsteady two-phase flows may excite additional modulated frequencies due to time-varying fluid-added mass effects. The results show that these frequency modulations might cause the flexible hydrofoil to undergo higher-order resonances, as well as parametric resonances. While the maximum deformations for the primary and higher-order resonances were observed to damp out, parametric resonances might persist even with realistic fluid damping coefficients (4–12%). It was observed that with higher effective foil flexibility, the cavity-shedding frequencies may be significantly modified from the rigid foil trends, and may instead lock-in with the system natural frequencies.     

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.     

Numerical simulation of the unsteady behaviour of cavitating flows

A 2D numerical model is proposed to simulate unsteady cavitating flows. The Reynolds‐averaged Navier–Stokes equations are solved for the mixture of liquid and vapour, which is considered as a single fluid with variable density. The vapourization and condensation processes are controlled by a barotropic state law that relates the fluid density to the pressure variations. The numerical resolution is a pressure‐correction method derived from the SIMPLE algorithm, with a finite volume discretization. The standard scheme is slightly modified to take into account the cavitation phenomenon. That numerical model is used to calculate unsteady cavitating flows in two Venturi type sections. The choice of the turbulence model is discussed, and the standard RNG k–εmodel is found to lead to non‐physical stable cavities. A modified k–εmodel is proposed to improve the simulation. The influence of numerical and physical parameters is presented, and the numerical results are compared to previous experimental observations and measurements. The proposed model seems to describe the unsteady cavitation behaviour in 2D geometries well. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

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      

Reduced-order modeling of three-dimensional unsteady partial cavity flows

An efficient reduced-order modeling to analyze three-dimensional unsteady partial cavity flows is proposed. The proposed approach is based on the boundary element method along with the potential flow assumption. To this end, a novel non-iterative method based on the flow eigenmodes of three-dimensional partial cavity flows is applied. Eigenanalysis and reduced-order modeling for unsteady flows over a three-dimensional hydrofoil with various sections are performed. The results obtained from the present analysis are compared with those reported in the literature to verify the strength of the proposed approach. In order to examine the performance of the introduced algorithm for unsteady cavitating flows, various simulations for several reduced frequencies, hydrofoil geometries and different cavitation numbers are also investigated. Comparison between the obtained results using the novel and conventional methods indicates that the present algorithm works very well with sufficient accuracy. Moreover, it is shown that the proposed method is computationally more efficient than the conventional ones for unsteady sheet cavitation analysis on three-dimensional hydrofoils.     

Investigation of a re-entrant jet reflection at an inclined cavity closure line

Cavitation on two-dimensional hydrofoils with swept leading edges always displays some 3-dimensional effects. It is well known that the cavity closure on such hydrofoil is not perpendicular to the channel walls, but is curved in a distinctive pattern. The cavitation pocket is longer in the region where the hydrofoil is the shortest. Also the dynamics of cavitation is very distinctive. In the region where the hydrofoil is the longest attached and steady cavitation with no cloud separation exists. On the other side, where the hydrofoil is the shortest, cavitation cloud separations occur.Different explanations for this pattern were proposed in the past but they have not jet been clearly confirmed neither experimentally nor by numerical simulation.In the present paper a clear explanation supported by the numerical simulation and also by experimental measurements, is given.     

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.      

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.     

Research progresses and prospects of unsteady hydrodynamics characteristics for cavitation

空化作为一种重要的复杂水动力学现象,具有明显的三维流动特征与剧烈的非定常特性,在水力机械、船舶推进器、水利工程中广泛存在,且通常会带来不利的影响,长期以来一直是水动力学领域研究的重点与难点课题之一.本文首先从实验测量和数值模拟两个角度,综述了空化水动力学非定常特性研究的发展概况, 分析了当前存在的问题.在空化实验研究中,主要介绍了空化水洞、空化流场测量以及多物理场同步测量等方面所取得的进展.在数值模拟方法中, 对目前的空化模型和湍流模型进行了分类介绍,并重点讨论了大涡模拟、验证和确认等在空化流模拟中的应用.之后以附着型空化为主, 同时兼顾云状空泡、空蚀、涡空化等,梳理了其研究中存在的几个关键科学问题,包括空化演变、空化流动的三维结构、失稳机制、空化不稳定性及其与低频压力脉动的联系、空化与旋涡的相互作用、空化与弹性水翼的流固耦合、空化对尾流场影响等.最后展望了空化水动力学的研究方向和未来发展趋势.     

绕水翼超空化流动形态与速度分布

为揭示超空化流场结构特性,利用高速全流场显示技术,观察了绕hydronautics水翼的超空化流动形态,并利用数字粒子图像测速仪(DPIV)测量了其速度分布. 在测量空穴内部流速分布时,采用空化流场中的空化泡作为示踪粒子来显示流动结构. 结果表明:随着空化数的降低,超空化流动显现出了明显的阶段特征,其中水汽混合相和汽相的分布决定了空化区域的形态与流速分布;空化区和主流区的汽液交界面处存在着较大的速度梯度;低速分布区域随着空化数的降低由水翼吸力面中后部向水翼下游移动;在空化区域内部,水汽混合区的速度相对较低,而汽相区则与主流区有着相近的速度分布.关键词超空化水翼、DPIV、高速摄像、空化形态、流速分布      

Une technique de suivi d'interfaces pour la modélisation de la cavitation par poche

A tracking method is presented for the modeling of partial and supercavitation. The velocity and pressure fields in the cavitating flow are computed by a Navier–Stokes solver using a pseudo-compressibility method. The cavity flow is computed from the velocity field by a tracking method based on a volume of fluid technique (VOF). The method is illustrated by several computations, two cases of partial cavitation on a hydrofoil and a case of a cavitating body emerging at a free surface.     

空化水动力学非定常特性研究进展及展望

空化作为一种重要的复杂水动力学现象,具有明显的三维流动特征与剧烈的非定常特性,在水力机械、船舶推进器、水利工程中广泛存在,且通常会带来不利的影响,长期以来一直是水动力学领域研究的重点与难点课题之一.本文首先从实验测量和数值模拟两个角度,综述了空化水动力学非定常特性研究的发展概况, 分析了当前存在的问题.在空化实验研究中,主要介绍了空化水洞、空化流场测量以及多物理场同步测量等方面所取得的进展.在数值模拟方法中, 对目前的空化模型和湍流模型进行了分类介绍,并重点讨论了大涡模拟、验证和确认等在空化流模拟中的应用.之后以附着型空化为主, 同时兼顾云状空泡、空蚀、涡空化等,梳理了其研究中存在的几个关键科学问题,包括空化演变、空化流动的三维结构、失稳机制、空化不稳定性及其与低频压力脉动的联系、空化与旋涡的相互作用、空化与弹性水翼的流固耦合、空化对尾流场影响等.最后展望了空化水动力学的研究方向和未来发展趋势.      

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...     

基于动力学模态分解法的绕水翼非定常空化流场演化分析

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.      

Interfacial dynamics‐based modelling of turbulent cavitating flows,Part‐2: Time‐dependent computations

The interfacial dynamics‐based cavitation model, developed in Part‐1, is further employed for unsteady flow computations. The pressure‐based operator‐splitting algorithm (PISO) is extended to handle the time‐dependent cavitating flows with particular focus on the coupling of the cavitation and turbulence models, and the large density ratio associated with cavitation. Furthermore, the compressibility effect is important for unsteady cavitating flows because in a water–vapour mixture, depending on the composition, the speed of sound inside the cavity can vary by an order of magnitude. The implications of the issue of the speed of the sound are assessed with alternative modelling approaches. Depending on the geometric confinement of the nozzle, compressibility model and cavitation numbers, either auto‐oscillation or quasi‐steady behaviour is observed. The adverse pressure gradient in the closure region is stronger at the maximum cavity size. One can also observe that the mass transfer process contributes to the cavitation dynamics. Compared to the steady flow computations, the velocity and vapour volume fraction distributions within the cavity are noticeably improved with time‐dependent computations. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.