A Linear Stability Analysis of Cavitation in a Finite Blade Count Impeller

2000 ◽  
Vol 122 (4) ◽  
pp. 798-805 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hironori Horiguchi ◽  
Satoshi Watanabe ◽  
Yoshinobu Tsujimoto
Keyword(s):  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Steady Flow ◽  
Linear Stability ◽  
Phase Difference ◽  
Linear Stability Analysis ◽  
Previous Analysis ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Cavity Volume ◽  
Inlet Duct

The linear stability analysis of cavitation in flat plate cascades corresponding to 2, 3, 4, and 5-bladed impeller was carried out to clarify the effect of the blade count on cavitation instabilities. Each blade is treated independently so that all possible modes in those impellers can be found. In steady flow analysis the alternate blade cavitation was found only for impellers with even number of blades. For 2 or 4-bladed impeller, it was confirmed that there exists no additional destabilizing mode to those found in the previous analysis in which the inter-blade phase difference of disturbance was assumed. It was shown that the modes with total cavity volume fluctuation depend on the inlet duct length while the modes without total cavity volume fluctuation are independent on the system. [S0098-2202(00)01304-3]

scholarly journals Towards the Understanding of Humpback Whale Tubercles: Linear Stability Analysis of a Wavy Flat Plate

Fluids ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 212
Author(s):  
Miles Owen ◽  
Abdelkader Frendi
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Linear Stability ◽  
Linear Stability Analysis ◽  
Critical Reynolds Number ◽  
Global Analysis ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Local Analysis ◽  
Mean Flow

The results from a temporal linear stability analysis of a subsonic boundary layer over a flat plate with a straight and wavy leading edge are presented in this paper for a swept and un-swept plate. For the wavy leading-edge case, an extensive study on the effects of the amplitude and wavelength of the waviness was performed. Our results show that the wavy leading edge increases the critical Reynolds number for both swept and un-swept plates. For the un-swept plate, increasing the leading-edge amplitude increased the critical Reynolds number, while changing the leading-edge wavelength had no effect on the mean flow and hence the flow stability. For the swept plate, a local analysis at the leading-edge peak showed that increasing the leading-edge amplitude increased the critical Reynolds number asymptotically, while the leading-edge wavelength required optimization. A global analysis was subsequently performed across the span of the swept plate, where smaller leading-edge wavelengths produced relatively constant critical Reynolds number profiles that were larger than those of the straight leading edge, while larger leading-edge wavelengths produced oscillating critical Reynolds number profiles. It was also found that the most amplified wavenumber was not affected by the wavy leading-edge geometry and hence independent of the waviness.

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