Improvement of Hydrofoil Performance by Partial Ventilated Cavitation in Steady Flow and Periodic Gusts

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Kopriva ◽  
Roger E. A. Arndt ◽  
Eduard L. Amromin
Keyword(s):  
Cavity Length ◽  
Excitation Frequency ◽  
Nonlinear Effects ◽  
Cavitation Number ◽  
Wave Impact ◽  
Linear Perturbations ◽  
Lift And Drag ◽  
Cavitating Hydrofoil ◽  
Sea Wave

This paper describes a study of the response of a recently developed low-drag partially cavitating hydrofoil (denoted as OK-2003) to periodical perturbations of incoming flow. A two-flap assembly specially designed to simulate sea wave impact on the cavitating hydrofoil generates the perturbations. The design range of cavitation number was maintained by ventilation. Unsteady flow can be simulated over a range of ratios of gust flow wavelength to cavity length. The measurement of time-average lift and drag coefficients and their fluctuating values over a range of inflow characteristics allows a determination of hydrofoil performance over a range of conditions that could be expected for a prototype hydrofoil. Both regular interaction with practically linear perturbations and resonancelike singular interaction with substantial nonlinear effects were noted. The observations are accompanied by a numerical analysis that identifies resonance phenomena as a function of excitation frequency.

A Numerical Optimization Technique Applied to the Design of Two-Dimensional Cavitating Hydrofoil Sections

1996 ◽  
Vol 40 (01) ◽  
pp. 28-38
Author(s):  
Shigenori Mishima ◽  
Spyros A. Kinnas
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Optimization ◽  
Cavity Length ◽  
Optimization Technique ◽  
Cavitation Number ◽  
Quadratic Functions ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Systematic Design ◽  
Hydrodynamic Analysis ◽  
Total Drag ◽  
Cavitating Hydrofoil

A numerical nonlinear optimization technique is applied to the systematic design of two-dimensional partially or supercavitating hydrofoil sections. The design objective is to minimize the hydrofoil drag for given lift and cavitation number. The hydrodynamic analysis of the cavitating hydrofoil is performed in nonlinear theory, via a low-order potential-based panel method. The effects of viscosity are taken into account via a uniform friction coefficient applied on the wetted foil surface. The total drag, lift, cavitation number, and other quantities involved in the imposed constraints, are expressed in terms of quadratic functions of the main parameters of the hydrofoil geometry, angle of attack, and the cavity length. The optimization is based on the method of multipliers by coupling the Lagrange multiplier terms and the penalty function terms. The robustness and convergence of the method are extensively investigated, and the results are compared with those from applying other design methods.

Steady Performance of a Flexible Hydrofoil Near a Free Surface

1990 ◽  
Vol 34 (04) ◽  
pp. 302-310
Author(s):  
Salwa M. Rashad ◽  
Theodore Green
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Free Surface ◽  
Cavity Length ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Cavity Flow ◽  
Cavitation Number ◽  
Deformation Characteristics ◽  
Flow Depth ◽  
Lift And Drag ◽  
The Galerkin Method

A linearized cavity-flow theory is used to develop a mathematical model to study the steady characteristics of a flexible hydrofoil near a free surface. The Galerkin method is employed to account for the mutual interaction between the fluid and structure forces. Cheng and Rott's method [1]2 is used to derive general expressions for the deformation characteristics in steady flow of an arbitrarily shaped hydrofoil, with a clamped trailing edge and free leading edge. From the analysis it is possible to determine the lift and drag coefficients, cavity length, and the foil steady deformation for any given specific foil shape, cavitation number, angle of attack, flow depth/chord ratio and rigidity. Sample numerical results are given, and the effects of flexibility and the proximity of the free surface are discussed. Chordwise flexibility tends to increase drag and decrease lift coefficients. This effect is more serious near the free surface. A slight increase of the thickness near the leading edge diminishes the flexibility effects.

A Potential-Based Panel Method for the Analysis of a Two-Dimensional Super-or Partially-Cavitating Hydrofoil

1992 ◽  
Vol 36 (02) ◽  
pp. 168-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.-S. Lee ◽  
Y.-G. Kim ◽  
J.-T. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Cavity Length ◽  
Cavitation Number ◽  
Panel Method ◽  
Cavity Surface ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Closure Condition ◽  
Surface Pressure Distribution ◽  
Cavity Closure ◽  
Cavitating Hydrofoil ◽  
Method Show

A potential-based panel method is presented for the analysis of a super-or partially-cavitating two-dimensional hydrofoil. The method employs normal dipoles and sources distributed on the foil and cavity surfaces. It is shown that the source plays an important role in positioning the cavity surface through an iterative process. The cavity closure condition is found very effective in generating the cavity shape. Upon convergence, the method predicts the cavitation number together with the lift, drag, and surface pressure distribution for a given cavity length. Systematic convergence tests of the present numerical method show fast and stable characteristics. Good correlations are obtained with existing theories and experimental results for both partially-and supercavitating flows.

A Nonlinear Solution for a Fully Cavitating Hydrofoil Beneath a Free Surface

1967 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
pp. 131-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. E. Larock ◽  
R. L. Street
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Mixed Boundary ◽  
Sheet Thickness ◽  
Cavitation Number ◽  
Cavity Surface ◽  
Physical Plane ◽  
Plane Plate ◽  
Lift And Drag ◽  
Limiting Case ◽  
Cavitating Hydrofoil

Conformal mapping and the Riemann-Hilbert solution to a mixed-boundary-value problem in an auxiliary halfplane are used to solve a nonlinear problem for a flat-plate hydrofoil beneath a free surface. Results include the physical-plane plate-cavity-surface configuration, submergence, and the lift and drag coefficients as functions of angle of attack, cavitation number and spray-sheet thickness. All are given in terms of quadratures. A digital computer aided materially in the numerical manipulation of the resulting expressions. In addition, expressions are given in closed form for the limiting case of zero cavitation number.

scholarly journals Metal artifacts in intraoperative O-arm CBCT scans

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juha I. Peltonen ◽  
Touko Kaasalainen ◽  
Mika Kortesniemi
Keyword(s):  
Image Quality ◽  
Imaging Modality ◽  
Nonlinear Effects ◽  
Exposure Level ◽  
Metal Artifacts ◽  
Imaging Protocol ◽  
Metal Implants ◽  
Comprehensive Determination

Abstract Background Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) has become an increasingly important medical imaging modality in orthopedic operating rooms. Metal implants and related image artifacts create challenges for image quality optimization in CBCT. The purpose of this study was to develop a robust and quantitative method for the comprehensive determination of metal artifacts in novel CBCT applications. Methods The image quality of an O-arm CBCT device was assessed with an anthropomorphic pelvis phantom in the presence of metal implants. Three different kilovoltage and two different exposure settings were used to scan the phantom both with and without the presence of metal rods. Results The amount of metal artifact was related to the applied CBCT imaging protocol parameters. The size of the artifact was moderate with all imaging settings. The highest applied kilovoltage and exposure level distinctly increased artifact severity. Conclusions The developed method offers a practical and robust way to quantify metal artifacts in CBCT. Changes in imaging parameters may have nonlinear effects on image quality which are not anticipated based on physics.

scholarly journals Influence of Thermodynamic Effect on Blade Load in a Cavitating Inducer

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kengo Kikuta ◽  
Noriyuki Shimiya ◽  
Tomoyuki Hashimoto ◽  
Mitsuru Shimagaki ◽  
Hideaki Nanri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Distribution ◽  
Liquid Nitrogen ◽  
Cavity Length ◽  
Cold Water ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Cavitation Number ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Thermodynamic Effect ◽  
Blade Tip

Distribution of the blade load is one of the design parameters for a cavitating inducer. For experimental investigation of the thermodynamic effect on the blade load, we conducted experiments in both cold water and liquid nitrogen. The thermodynamic effect on cavitation notably appears in this cryogenic fluid although it can be disregarded in cold water. In these experiments, the pressure rise along the blade tip was measured. In water, the pressure increased almost linearly from the leading edge to the trailing edge at higher cavitation number. After that, with a decrease of cavitation number, pressure rise occurred only near the trailing edge. On the other hand, in liquid nitrogen, the pressure distribution was similar to that in water at a higher cavitation number, even if the cavitation number as a cavitation parameter decreased. Because the cavitation growth is suppressed by the thermodynamic effect, the distribution of the blade load does not change even at lower cavitation number. By contrast, the pressure distribution in liquid nitrogen has the same tendency as that in water if the cavity length at the blade tip is taken as a cavitation indication. From these results, it was found that the shift of the blade load to the trailing edge depended on the increase of cavity length, and that the distribution of blade load was indicated only by the cavity length independent of the thermodynamic effect.

Finite-amplitude convection in the presence of an unsteady shear flow

1995 ◽  
Vol 287 ◽  
pp. 225-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Hall
Keyword(s):  
Shear Flow ◽  
Critical Size ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Nonlinear Effects ◽  
Finite Amplitude ◽  
Present Calculation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Prandtl Numbers ◽  
Boussinesq Fluid

The effect of an unsteady shear flow on the planform of convection in a Boussinesq fluid heated from below is investigated. In the absence of the shear flow it is well-known, if non-Boussinesq effects can be neglected, that convection begins in the form of a supercritical bifurcation to rolls. Subcritical convection in the form of say hexagons can be induced by non-Boussinesq behaviour which destroys the symmetry of the basic state. Here it is found that the symmetry breaking effects associated with an unsteady shear flow are not sufficient to cause subcritical convection so the problem reduces to the determination of how the orientations of roll cells are modified by an unsteady shear flow. Recently Kelly & Hu (1993) showed that such a flow has a significant stabilizing effect on the linear stability problem and that, for a wide range of Prandtl numbers, the effect is most pronounced in the low-frequency limit. In the present calculation it is shown that the stabilizing effects found by Kelly & Hu (1993) do survive for most frequencies when nonlinear effects and imperfections are taken into account. However a critical size of the frequency is identified below which the Kelly & Hu (1993) conclusions no longer carry through into the nonlinear regime. For frequencies of size comparable with this critical size it is shown that the convection pattern changes in time. The cell pattern is found to be extremely complicated and straight rolls exist only for part of a period.

Time Simulation of Water Shipping for a Ship Advancing in Large Longitudinal Waves

1993 ◽  
Vol 37 (02) ◽  
pp. 126-137
Author(s):  
Ming-Chung Fang ◽  
Ming-Ling Lee ◽  
Chwang-Kuo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Nonlinear Effects ◽  
Ship Motion ◽  
Irregular Waves ◽  
Wave System ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Large Wave ◽  
Time Simulation ◽  
Head Waves ◽  
Speed Effect

The technique of time-domain numerical simulation for the occurrence of water shipping on board in head waves is presented. The nonlinear effects of the large-amplitude motion are treated. These nonlinear factors include the effect of large wave amplitude, large ship motion, the change of hull configuration below the free surface and the nonlinear resultant wave. Therefore, the variation of the potentials and the hydrodynamic coefficients for a ship at each time step must be carefully treated. While handling the determination of the instantaneous wave surface around the ship hull, the complete incident, diffracted, and radiated wave system is used rather than the incident wave only. The complexity of the ship speed effect on the related terms is also treated at each time step, especially for the radiation problems. An experimental setup is also designed to measure the motion response and the relative motion, and comparisons are made. The results show excellent agreement and the validity of the theory is confirmed. The successful development of the present technique can be extended to analyze the dynamic stability, capsize phenomena, and ship motion in irregular waves

Numerical Analysis of Cavitation Inception and Desinence Behind Orifices

2020 ◽  
Vol 143 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
E. L. Amromin
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Separated Flow ◽  
Computational Procedure ◽  
Cavitation Number ◽  
Laminar Flows ◽  
Cavity Pressure ◽  
Cavitation Inception ◽  
Separation Zones

Abstract Experimental results and trends for cavitation inception and desinence behind orifices in microchannels are quite different from the data obtained during previous experiments in much larger facilities. The objective of this paper is to explain these differences via a numerical analysis. The employed computational procedure is divided into two parts. The first part is computation of an axisymmetric separated flow around the orifice. The second part is determination of characteristics of cavities appearing within separation zones. The provided analysis of the experimental data of other researchers pointed out two sources of the above-mentioned differences. First, for larger orifices, the cavities appear in the cores of drifting vortices. For such a situation, cavitation inception and desinence number increases with the inflow speed due to an impact of turbulence, but there is no such an increase for microbubbles with laminar flows. Second, because of the difficulty to measure the cavity pressure in microbubbles, cavitation number is usually defined with employment of the vapor pressure, and this leads to misinterpretation of the measurements and their trends.

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