TVC Noise Envelope—An Approach to Tip Vortex Cavitation Noise Scaling

1982 ◽  
Vol 26 (01) ◽  
pp. 65-75
Author(s):  
Robert Latorre
Keyword(s):  
Tip Vortex ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Cavitation Noise ◽  
Scaling Method ◽  
Tip Vortex Cavitation ◽  
Noise Measurements ◽  
Cavitation Nuclei ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Large Model ◽  
Good Agreement

Noise measurements of the tip vortex cavitation generated by a large model hydrofoil and its one-quarter scale model are presented to discuss the features of tip vortex cavitation (TVC) noise and noise scaling. The concept of the TVC noise envelope is introduced to divide the cavitation noise into incipient and fully developed TVC noise. The cavitation noise scaling method of Bojorheden and Astrom is compared with the method of Levkovskii for scaling the fully developed TVC noise. A theoretical model of the cavitation nuclei spiraling around an idealized Rankine vortex is introduced to model the characteristic bursts in the incipient TVC noise and predict the inception of TVC noise. The simulation results for the large and small foils are shown to be in good agreement with the experimental noise measurements.

scholarly journals Numerical Investigation of Tip-Vortex Cavitation Noise of an Elliptic Wing Using Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian Approaches

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (17) ◽  
pp. 5897 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garam Ku ◽  
Cheolung Cheong ◽  
Hanshin Seol
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Numerical Method ◽  
Vortex Flow ◽  
Acoustic Pressure ◽  
Tip Vortex ◽  
Experimental Result ◽  
Cavitation Noise ◽  
Navier Stokes Equation ◽  
Tip Vortex Cavitation ◽  
Cavitation Inception

In this study, a numerical methodology is developed to investigate the tip-vortex cavitation of NACA16-020 wings and their flow noise. The numerical method consists of a sequential one-way coupled application of Eulerian and Lagrangian approaches. First, the Eulerian method based on Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equation is applied to predict the single-phase flow field around the wing, with particular emphasis on capturing high-resolution tip-vortex flow structures. Subsequently, the tip-vortex flow field is regenerated by applying the Scully vortex model. Secondly, the Lagrangian approach is applied to predict the tip-vortex cavitation inception and noise of the wing. The initial nuclei are distributed upstream of the wing. The subsequent time-varying size and position of each nucleus are traced by solving spherically symmetric bubble dynamics equations for the nuclei in combination with the flow field predicted from the Eulerian approach. The acoustic pressure at the observer position is computed by modelling each bubble as a point source. The numerical results of the acoustic pressure spectrum are best matched to the measured results when the nuclei number density of freshwater is used. Finally, the current numerical method is applied to the flows of various cavitation numbers. The results reveal that the cavitation inception determined by the predicted acoustic pressure spectrum well matched the experimental result.

Conceptual Design of the Flow Noise Simulator

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryuichi Sato ◽  
Takayuki Mori ◽  
Ryo Yakushiji ◽  
Kenji Naganuma ◽  
Masaharu Nishimura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Design ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Variable Pressure ◽  
Cavitation Noise ◽  
Flow Noise ◽  
Model Studies ◽  
Surface Ship ◽  
Noise Measurements ◽  
Under Construction

The Flow Noise Simulator (FNS) of the 1st Research Center of TRDI/JDA (Japan Defense Agency) is a large, variable pressure, recirculating water tunnel with very low background noise level. The tunnel is 20m high and 49m long, containing 2000m3 of water. The test section has a square cross section of 2m × 2m with 10m in length. It will accept large size surface ship models of 6m, submarine models of 4m in length and full scale ship appendix models. The FNS is currently under construction and will be accomplished in 2005. It will be used for a wide variety of hydrodynamic and hydroacoustic testing of surface ships and submarines, such as propeller cavitation noise measurements and propeller-hull interaction observation, with sufficiently large scale models. Conceptual design of the FNS was started in 1996 and evaluated by following scale model studies. This paper discusses some technical issues of the FNS.

Block-sparse compressive localization for incipient tip vortex cavitation noise

2019 ◽  
Vol 145 (3) ◽  
pp. 1936-1936
Author(s):  
MinSeuk Park ◽  
Woojae Seong ◽  
Youngmin Choo ◽  
Yongsung Park
Keyword(s):  
Tip Vortex ◽  
Cavitation Noise ◽  
Tip Vortex Cavitation

An Experimental Study on Tip Vortex Cavitation Suppression in a Marine Propeller

2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (03) ◽  
pp. 157-167
Author(s):  
Sang-LL Park ◽  
Seung-Jae Lee ◽  
Geuk-Sang You ◽  
Jung-Chun Suh
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Active Control ◽  
Vortex Core ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Tip Vortex ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Tip Vortex Cavitation ◽  
Cavitation Inception ◽  
Mass Injection ◽  
National University

Normally, tip vortex cavitation (TVC) is first observed at a certain location behind the tips of propeller blades. Therefore, TVC is important for naval ships and research vessels that require raising the cavitation inception speed to maximum possible values. The concepts for alleviating the tip vortex are summarized by Platzer and Souders (1979), who carried out a thorough literature survey. Active control of TVC involves the injection of a polymer or water from the blade tip. The main effect of such mass injection (both water and polymer solutions) into the vortex core is an increase in the core radius, consequently delaying TVC inception. However, the location of the injection port needs to be selected with great care to ensure that the mass injection is effective in delaying TVC inception. In the present study, we propose a semi-active control scheme that is achieved by attaching a thread at the propeller tip. The main idea of a semi-active control is that because of its flexibility, the attached thread can be sucked into the low-pressure region closer to the vortex core center. An experimental study using a scale model was carried out in the cavitation tunnel at the Seoul National University. It was found that a flexible thread can effectively suppress the occurrence of TVC under the design condition for a model propeller.

Experimental Study of Scale Effects on the Scaling Law for Tip Vortex Cavitation Noise

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jisoo Park ◽  
Cheolsoo Park ◽  
Youngmin Choo ◽  
Woojae Seong
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Scale Effects ◽  
Scaling Law ◽  
Size Variation ◽  
Tip Vortex ◽  
Cavitation Noise ◽  
Scaling Exponents ◽  
Tip Vortex Cavitation ◽  
Cavitation Inception ◽  
Vortex Model

Novel scaling law for the tip vortex cavitation (TVC) noise is derived from the physical basis of TVC, employing the Rankine vortex model, the Rayleigh-Plesset equation, the lifting surface theory, and the number of bubbles generated per unit time (N0). All terms appearing in the scaling law have physical or mathematical grounds except for N0. Therefore, to experimentally validate the N0 term, experiments are designed to keep the same TVC patterns as velocities and dimensions vary. Optimal shooting conditions with a velocity and size variation are determined from the scaling exponents, cavitation numbers and Reynolds numbers at each condition. To avoid wall effects and flow field interaction, two hydrofoils are optimally arranged by using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for size variation. Images taken by a high speed camera are used to count N0, considering similitude of the spectra of nuclei. Scaling exponents curve fitted from five velocities and cavitation inception numbers have an exponent value of 0.371, which is closely placed on scaling exponents curve deduced from Schlichting’s friction coefficients fitting with Reynolds number. The tendency that N0 is proportional to a velocity and inversely proportional to a size can be confirmed by this study.

Numerical investigation into effects of gas concentration and bubble collapse on tip vortex cavitation noise of NACA16-020 wing

2021 ◽  
Vol 263 (5) ◽  
pp. 1813-1817
Author(s):  
Garam Ku ◽  
Cheolung Cheong ◽  
Hanshin Seol ◽  
Hongseok Jeong
Keyword(s):  
Bubble Dynamics ◽  
Lagrangian Method ◽  
Tip Vortex ◽  
Bubble Collapse ◽  
Acoustic Analogy ◽  
Dynamics Model ◽  
Cavitation Noise ◽  
Tip Vortex Cavitation ◽  
Gas Concentration ◽  
Vortex Pattern

In this study, the effects of gas concentration and bubble collapse on tip vortex cavitation noise of NACA16-020 wings are investigated using coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian method based on sequential application of Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) solver, bubble dynamics model and acoustic analogy. The bubble dynamics model used in the preceding study (Ku et al., 2020) is modified by including the gas pressure terms and the bubble collapse model, which depends on the timing and threshold of bubble collapse, the number, initial radius and location of divided bubbles. The validity of the modified bubble dynamics model is confirmed through its application to a benchmark problem where single bubble is triggered by laser. Then, the coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian method based on the modified bubble dynamic model is applied for the prediction of tip-vortex cavitation noise of NACA16-020 wing. The predicted results of the tip vortex pattern and acoustic pressure spectrum are compared with the measured results, which shows closer agreements between two results than those in the previous study.

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