scholarly journals Cloud Cavitating Flow Over a Submerged Axisymmetric Projectile and Comparison Between Two-Dimensional RANS and Three-Dimensional Large-Eddy Simulation Methods

2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiwei Wang ◽  
Chenguang Huang ◽  
Xin Fang ◽  
Xianian Yu ◽  
Xiaocui Wu ◽  
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For the cloud cavitation around slender axisymmetric projectiles, a two-dimensional (2D) numerical method was based on the mixture approach with Singhal cavitation model and modified renormalization-group (RNG) k–ε turbulence model, and a three-dimensional (3D) method was established with large-eddy simulation (LES) and volume of fraction (VOF) approach. The commercial computational fluid dynamic (CFD) software fluent is used for the 2D simulation, and the open source code OpenFOAM is adopted for the 3D calculation. Experimental and numerical results were presented on a typical case, in which the projectile moves with a quasi-constant axial speed. Simulation results agree well with experimental results. An analysis of the evolution of cavitating flow was performed, and the related physical mechanism was discussed. Results demonstrate that shedding cavity collapse plays an important role in the generation and acceleration of re-entry jet, which is the main reason for the instability of cloud cavitation. The 2D Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) method can represent the physical phenomena effectively. The 3D LES method can give an efficient simulation on the shedding vortices, and considerable accurate shapes of shedding cavities are captured.

Author(s):  
Paulo T. Esperanc¸a ◽  
Juan B. V. Wanderley ◽  
Carlos Levi

Two-dimensional numerical simulations of Vortex Induced Vibration have been failing to duplicate accurately the corresponding experimental data. One possible explanation could be 3D effects present in the real problem that are not modeled in two-dimensional simulations. A three-dimensional finite difference method was implemented using Large Eddy Simulation (LES) technique and Message Passage Interface (MPI) and can be run in a cluster with an arbitrary number of computers. The good agreement with other numerical and experimental data obtained from the literature shows the good quality of the implemented code.


2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianwu Luo ◽  
Bin Ji ◽  
Xiaoxing Peng ◽  
Hongyuan Xu ◽  
Michihiro Nishi

Simulation of cavity shedding around a three-dimensional twisted hydrofoil has been conducted by large eddy simulation coupling with a mass transfer cavitation model based on the Rayleigh-Plesset equation. From comparison of the numerical results with experimental observations, e.g., cavity shedding evolution, it is validated that the unsteady cavitating flow around a twisted hydrofoil is reasonably simulated by the proposed method. Numerical results clearly reproduce the cavity shedding process, such as cavity development, breaking-off and collapsing in the downstream. Regarding vapor shedding in the cavitating flow around three-dimensional foils, it is primarily attributed to the effect of the re-entrant flow consisting of a re-entrant jet and a pair of side-entrant jets. Formation of the re-entrant jet in the rear part of an attached cavity is affected by collapse of the last shedding vapor. Numerical results also show that the cavity shedding causes the surface pressure fluctuation of the hydrofoil and the force vibration. Accompanying the cavity evolution, the wave of pressure fluctuation propagates in two directions, namely, from the leading edge of the foil to the trailing edge and from the central plane to the side of the hydrofoil along the span. It is seen that the large pressure fluctuation occurs at the central part of the hydrofoil, where the flow incidence is larger.


1994 ◽  
Vol 278 ◽  
pp. 175-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude Cambon ◽  
Jean-Pierre Benoit ◽  
Liang Shao ◽  
Laurent Jacquin

Rotation strongly affects the stability of turbulent flows in the presence of large eddies. In this paper, we examine the applicability of the classic Bradshaw-Richardson criterion to flows more general than a simple combination of rotation and pure shear. Two approaches are used. Firstly the linearized theory is applied to a class of rotating two-dimensional flows having arbitrary rates of strain and vorticity and streamfunctions that are quadratic. This class includes simple shear and elliptic flows as special cases. Secondly, we describe a large-eddy simulation of initially quasi-homogeneous three-dimensional turbulence superimposed on a periodic array of two-dimensional Taylor-Green vortices in a rotating frame.The results of both approaches indicate that, for a large structure of vorticity W and subject to rotation Ω, maximum destabilization is obtained for zero tilting vorticity (½W + 2Ω = 0) whereas stability occurs for zero absolute vorticity (2Ω = 0) These results are consistent with the Bradshaw-Richardson criterion; however the numerical results show that in other cases the Bradshaw-Richardson number $B=2\Omega(W+2\Omega)/W^2$ is not always a good indicator of the flow stability.


Author(s):  
Chuang Jin ◽  
Giovanni Coco ◽  
Rafael O. Tinoco ◽  
Pallav Ranjan ◽  
Jorge San Juan ◽  
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