scholarly journals THE NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF UNSTEADY CAVITATION EVOLUTION INDUCED BY PRESSURE WAVE

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 1460374
Author(s):  
B.C. KHOO ◽  
J.G. ZHENG
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Cavitation Bubble ◽  
Pressure Wave ◽  
External Perturbation ◽  
Compressible Liquid ◽  
Cavitating Flow ◽  
Bubble Collapse ◽  
Material Erosion ◽  
Noise Vibration ◽  
Compressibility Effects

The present study is focused on the numerical simulation of pressure wave propagation through the cavitating compressible liquid flow, its interaction with cavitation bubble and the resulting unsteady cavitation evolution. The compressibility effects of liquid water are taken into account and the cavitating flow is governed by one-fluid cavitation model which is based on the compressible Euler equations with the assumption that the cavitation is the homogeneous mixture of liquid and vapour which are locally under both kinetic and thermodynamic equilibrium. Several aspects of the method employed to solve the governing equations are outlined. The unsteady features of cavitating flow due to the external perturbation, such as the cavitation deformation and collapse and consequent pressure increase are resolved numerically and discussed in detail. It is observed that the cavitation bubble collapse is accompanied by the huge pressure surge of order of 100 bar, which is thought to be responsible for the material erosion, noise, vibration and loss of efficiency of operating underwater devices.

scholarly journals NUMERICAL STUDY OF UNSTEADY SUPERCAVITATION PERTURBED BY A PRESSURE WAVE

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 1660150
Author(s):  
J. G. ZHENG ◽  
B. C. KHOO
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Wave ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Cavitation Model ◽  
Supercavitating Flow ◽  
Through Flow ◽  
Material Erosion ◽  
Pressure Surge ◽  
Noise Vibration ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Compressibility Effects

The unsteady features of supercavitation disturbed by an introduced pressure wave are investigated numerically using a one-fluid cavitation model. The supercavitating flow is assumed to be the homogeneous mixture of liquid and vapour which are locally under both kinetic and thermodynamic equilibrium. The compressibility effects of liquid water are taken into account to model the propagation of pressure wave through flow and its interaction with supercavitation bubble. The interaction between supercavity enveloping an underwater flat-nose cylinder and pressure wave is simulated and the resulting unsteady behavior of supercavitation is illustrated. It is observed that the supercavity will become unstable under the impact of the pressure wave and may collapse locally, which depends on the strength of perturbation. The huge pressure surge accompanying the collapse of supercavitation may cause the material erosion, noise, vibration and efficiency loss of operating underwater devices.

Cinematographic Analysis of Counter Jet Formation in a Single Cavitation Bubble Collapse Flow

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.-H. Yang ◽  
S.-Y. Jaw ◽  
K.-C. Yeh
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Cavitation Bubble ◽  
Pressure Wave ◽  
Bubble Surface ◽  
Bubble Collapse ◽  
Solid Boundary ◽  
Liquid Jet ◽  
Pressure Waves ◽  
Field Variation ◽  
Critical Position

ABSTRACTThis study utilized a U-shape platform device to generate a single cavitation bubble for the detail analysis of the flow field characteristics and the cause of the counter jet during the process of bubble collapse induced by pressure wave. A series of bubble collapse flows induced by pressure waves of different strengths are investigated by positioning the cavitation bubble at different stand-off distances to the solid boundary. It is found that the Kelvin-Helmholtz vortices are formed when the liquid jet induced by the pressure wave penetrates the bubble surface. If the bubble center to the solid boundary is within one to three times the bubble's radius, a stagnation ring will form on the boundary when impacted by the penetrated jet. The liquid inside the stagnation ring is squeezed toward the center of the ring to form a counter jet after the bubble collapses. At the critical position, where the bubble center from the solid boundary is about three times the bubble's radius, the bubble collapse flows will vary. Depending on the strengths of the pressure waves applied, either just the Kelvin-Helmholtz vortices form around the penetrated jet or the penetrated jet impacts the boundary directly to generate the stagnation ring and the counter jet flow. This phenomenon used the particle image velocimetry method can be clearly revealed the flow field variation of the counter jet. If the bubble surface is in contact with the solid boundary, the liquid jet can only splash radially without producing the stagnation ring and the counter jet. The complex phenomenon of cavitation bubble collapse flows are clearly manifested in this study.

Numerical simulation of cavitation bubble collapse within a droplet

2017 ◽  
Vol 152 ◽  
pp. 157-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lü Ming ◽  
Ning Zhi ◽  
Sun Chunhua
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Cavitation Bubble ◽  
Bubble Collapse

Bubble Tracking Simulation of Cavitating Flow in an Atomization Nozzle

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira Sou ◽  
Shinichi Nitta ◽  
Tsuyoshi Nakajima
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Pressure Distribution ◽  
Cavitation Bubble ◽  
Injection Pressure ◽  
Cavitating Flow ◽  
Experimental Result ◽  
Axisymmetric Nozzle ◽  
Cloud Cavitation ◽  
Vena Contracta ◽  
Bubble Clouds

Numerical simulation of transient cavitating flow in a axisymmetric nozzle was conducted in order to investigate the detailed motion of cavitation bubble clouds which may be dominant to atomization of a liquid jet. Two-way coupled bubble tracking technique was assigned in the present study to predict the unsteady cloud cavitation phenomena. Large Eddy Simulation (LES) was used to predict turbulent flow. Calculated pressure distribution and injection pressure were compared with measured ones. Then, calculated motion of cavitation bubble clouds was carefully investigated to understand the cavitation phenomena in a nozzle. As a result, the following conclusions were obtained: (1) Calculated result of pressure distribution along the wall, the relation between injection pressure vs. flow rate, and bubble distribution agreed with existing experimental result. (2) Cavitation bubble clouds were periodically shed from the tail of vena contracta, which usually formed by the coalescence of a few small bubble clouds. (3) Collapse of cavitation bubbles due to the re-entrant jet was observed in the numerical simulation.

Simulation of Wave-Flow-Cavitation Interaction Using a Compressible Homogenous Flow Method

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 328-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. G. Zheng ◽  
B. C. Khoo ◽  
Z. M. Hu
Keyword(s):  
Equation Of State ◽  
Pressure Wave ◽  
Cavitating Flow ◽  
Wave Flow ◽  
Pure Liquid ◽  
Freestream Velocity ◽  
Cavitation Inception ◽  
Volume Method ◽  
Compressibility Effects ◽  
Lower Background

AbstractA numerical method based on a homogeneous single-phase flow model is presented to simulate the interaction between pressure wave and flow cavitation. To account for compressibility effects of liquid water, cavitating flow is assumed to be compressible and governed by time-dependent Euler equations with proper equation of state (EOS). The isentropic one-fluid formulation is employed to model the cavitation inception and evolution, while pure liquid phase is modeled by Tait equation of state. Because of large stiffness of Tait EOS and great variation of sound speed in flow field, some of conventional compressible gasdynamics solvers are unstable and even not applicable when extended to calculation of flow cavitation. To overcome the difficulties, a Godunov-type, cell-centered finite volume method is generalized to numerically integrate the governing equations on triangular mesh. The boundary is treated specially to ensure stability of the approach. The method proves to be stable, robust, accurate, time-efficient and oscillation-free.Novel numerical experiments are designed to investigate unsteady dynamics of the cavitating flow impacted by pressure wave, which is of great interest in engineering applications but has not been studied systematically so far. Numerical simulation indicates that cavity over cylinder can be induced to collapse if the object is accelerated suddenly and extremely high pressure pulse results almost instantaneously. This, however, may be avoided by changing the traveling speed smoothly. The accompanying huge pressure increase may damage underwater devices. However, cavity formed at relatively high upstream speed may be less distorted or affected by shock wave and can recover fully from the initial deformation. It is observed that the cavitating flow starting from a higher freestream velocity is more stable and more resilient with respect to perturbation than the flow with lower background speed. These findings may shed some light on how to control cavitation development to avoid possible damage to operating devices.

Numerical Simulation of Cavitating Flow in a Francis Turbine

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingjiu Zhou ◽  
Zhengwei Wang ◽  
Yongyao Luo ◽  
Guangjie Peng
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Transport Equation ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Suction Side ◽  
Cavitating Flow ◽  
Francis Turbine ◽  
Efficiency Change ◽  
Experiment Data ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
Vapor Fraction

The 3-D unsteady Reynolds averaged Navier-tokes equations based on the pseudo-homogeneous flow theory and a vapor fraction transport-equation that accounts for non-condensable gas are solved to simulate cavitating flow in a Francis turbine. The calculation results agreed with experiment data reasonably. With the decrease of the Thoma number, the cavity first appears near the centre of the hub. At this stage the flow rate and the efficiency change little. Then the cavity near the centre of the hub grows thick and the cavities also appear on the blade suction side near outlet. With further reduce of the Thoma number the cavitation extends to the whole flow path, which causes flow rate and efficiency decrease rapidly.

Numerical Simulation Study on High-Temperature Ventilated Cavitating Flow Considering the Compressibility of Gases

2012 ◽  
Vol 569 ◽  
pp. 395-399
Author(s):  
Jing Zhao ◽  
Guo Yu Wang ◽  
Yan Zhao ◽  
Yue Ju Liu
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
State Equation ◽  
Field Structure ◽  
Cavitating Flow ◽  
Simulation Approach ◽  
Gas Velocity ◽  
Simulation Data ◽  
Ventilated Cavity ◽  
Supercavitating Flow ◽  
Fluctuation Range

A numerical simulation approach of ventilated cavity considering the compressibility of gases is established in this paper, introducing the gas state equation into the calculation of ventilated supercavitating flow. Based on the comparison of computing results and experimental data, we analyzes the differences between ventilated cavitating flow fields with and without considered the compressibility of gases. The effect of ventilation on the ventilated supercavitating flow field structure is discussed considering the compressibility of gases. The results show that the simulation data of cavity form and resistance, which takes the compressibility of gases into account, accord well with the experimental ones. With the raising of ventilation temperature, the gas fraction in the front cavity and the gas velocity in the cavity increase, and the cavity becomes flat. The resistance becomes lower at high ventilation temperature, but its fluctuation range becomes larger than that at low temperature.

Fluid–structure modelling for material deformation during cavitation bubble collapse

2021 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. 103370
Author(s):  
Prasanta Sarkar ◽  
Giovanni Ghigliotti ◽  
Jean-Pierre Franc ◽  
Marc Fivel
Keyword(s):  
Cavitation Bubble ◽  
Bubble Collapse ◽  
Fluid Structure ◽  
Material Deformation
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