Large eddy simulation of tip leakage cavitating flow focusing on cavitation-vortex interaction with Cartesian cut-cell mesh method

In the present paper, flow configurations of cavitating flow around a straight NACA0009 foil with a gap between the foil tip and sidewall are investigated numerically by large eddy simulation (LES) coupled with Zwart-Gerber-Belamri (ZGB) cavitation model. A Cartesian cut-cell method is used for mesh...

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Published in:Journal of hydrodynamics. Series B 2018-08, Vol.30 (4), p.750-753
Main Authors: Bai, Xiao-rui, Cheng, Huai-yu, Ji, Bin, Long, Xin-ping
Format: Article
Language:English
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Engineering
Engineering Fluid Dynamics
Hydrology/Water Resources
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Numerical and Computational Physics
Simulation
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Summary:In the present paper, flow configurations of cavitating flow around a straight NACA0009 foil with a gap between the foil tip and sidewall are investigated numerically by large eddy simulation (LES) coupled with Zwart-Gerber-Belamri (ZGB) cavitation model. A Cartesian cut-cell method is used for mesh generation, which is of good orthogonality and high quality. A good agreement is obtained between simulation and experiment. Two influencing factors on vorticity distributions, the interaction between different vortices and the occurrence of cavitation, are discussed in detail based on the numerical results. A series of Ω- shaped loops are observed during the development of the induced vortex, which is a result of the instability of vortex pair. This finding may provide a new viewpoint to control the evolution of tip-leakage vortex (TLV) cavitation. Moreover, it is found that the dilatation term plays a much more important role in the evolution of TLV cavitation compared with that in sheet cavitation.
ISSN:1001-6058
1878-0342
DOI:10.1007/s42241-018-0068-8