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Large eddy simulation of turbulent attached cavitating flow with special emphasis on large scale structures of the hydrofoil wake and turbulence-cavitation interactions

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In this paper, the turbulent attached cavitating flow around a Clark-Y hydrofoil is investigated by the large eddy simulation (LES) method coupled with a homogeneous cavitation model. The predicted lift coefficient and the cavity volume show a distinctly quasi-periodic process with cavitation shedding and the results agree fairly well with the available experimental data. The present simulation accurately captures the main features of the unsteady cavitation transient behavior including the attached cavity growth, the sheet/cloud cavitation transition and the cloud cavitation collapse. The vortex shedding structure from a hydrofoil cavitating wake is identified by the Q-criterion, which implies that the large scale structures might slide and roll down along the suction side of the hydrofoil while being further developed at the downstream. Further analysis demonstrates that the turbulence level of the flow is clearly related to the cavitation and the turbulence velocity fluctuation is much influenced by the cavity shedding.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, School of Power and Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China

    Bin Ji  (季斌), Yun Long  (龙云), Xin-ping Long  (龙新平) & Zhong-dong Qian  (钱忠东)

  2. Hubei Key Laboratory of Waterjet Theory and New Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China

    Bin Ji  (季斌), Yun Long  (龙云) & Xin-ping Long  (龙新平)

  3. Science and Technology on Water Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Shanghai, 200011, China

    Bin Ji  (季斌) & Jia-jian Zhou  (周加建)

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51576143, 11472197).

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Ji, B., Long, Y., Long, Xp. et al. Large eddy simulation of turbulent attached cavitating flow with special emphasis on large scale structures of the hydrofoil wake and turbulence-cavitation interactions. J Hydrodyn 29, 27–39 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1001-6058(16)60715-1

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