Numerical Prediction of Cavitation Erosion Intensity in Cavitating Flows around a Clark Y 11.7% Hydrofoil

A numerical prediction method of cavitation erosion is proposed. In this method, the analysis of bubbles in cavitating flows is performed and the intensity of cavitation erosion is evaluated by the impact pressure induced by spherical bubble collapse. In the present study, two-dimensional cavitating...

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Main Authors: Naoya OCHIAI, Yuka IGA, Motohiko NOHMI, Toshiaki IKOHAGI
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Language:English
Published: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2010-08-01
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jfst/5/3/5_3_416/_pdf/-char/en
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author Naoya OCHIAI
Yuka IGA
Motohiko NOHMI
Toshiaki IKOHAGI
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Yuka IGA
Motohiko NOHMI
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description A numerical prediction method of cavitation erosion is proposed. In this method, the analysis of bubbles in cavitating flows is performed and the intensity of cavitation erosion is evaluated by the impact pressure induced by spherical bubble collapse. In the present study, two-dimensional cavitating flow around the Clark Y 11.7 % hydrofoil is used to examine the proposed numerical prediction method. The proposed numerical method predicts that the intensities of cavitation erosion in noncavitating, attached cavitating and pseudo-supercavitating flows are far weaker than the intensity of cavitation erosion in a transient cavitating flow, and the intensity in the vicinity of the sheet cavity termination is high. These results correspond well to experimental results, and it is confirmed that systematic erosion characteristics are generally captured by this method. Furthermore, the velocity dependence of cavitation erosion is examined, and it is found that the exponent n in the relation between the intensity I and main flow velocity Uin (I ∝ Uinn) becomes large when the bubble radius is large and ranges between 4.3 and 7.0 in the present study. According to the bubble dynamics, the ambient pressure and the rate of increases in pressure increase as the main flow velocity, and the maximum internal pressure increase. Therefore, it is thought that smaller bubbles cause cavitation erosion when the main flow velocity is large.
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spelling doaj.art-40f964604aa148dab16cfb2d342788f42022-12-21T19:48:48ZengThe Japan Society of Mechanical EngineersJournal of Fluid Science and Technology1880-55582010-08-015341643110.1299/jfst.5.416jfstNumerical Prediction of Cavitation Erosion Intensity in Cavitating Flows around a Clark Y 11.7% HydrofoilNaoya OCHIAI0Yuka IGA1Motohiko NOHMI2Toshiaki IKOHAGI3Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku UniversityInstitute of Fluid Science, Tohoku UniversityEBARA CorporationInstitute of Fluid Science, Tohoku UniversityA numerical prediction method of cavitation erosion is proposed. In this method, the analysis of bubbles in cavitating flows is performed and the intensity of cavitation erosion is evaluated by the impact pressure induced by spherical bubble collapse. In the present study, two-dimensional cavitating flow around the Clark Y 11.7 % hydrofoil is used to examine the proposed numerical prediction method. The proposed numerical method predicts that the intensities of cavitation erosion in noncavitating, attached cavitating and pseudo-supercavitating flows are far weaker than the intensity of cavitation erosion in a transient cavitating flow, and the intensity in the vicinity of the sheet cavity termination is high. These results correspond well to experimental results, and it is confirmed that systematic erosion characteristics are generally captured by this method. Furthermore, the velocity dependence of cavitation erosion is examined, and it is found that the exponent n in the relation between the intensity I and main flow velocity Uin (I ∝ Uinn) becomes large when the bubble radius is large and ranges between 4.3 and 7.0 in the present study. According to the bubble dynamics, the ambient pressure and the rate of increases in pressure increase as the main flow velocity, and the maximum internal pressure increase. Therefore, it is thought that smaller bubbles cause cavitation erosion when the main flow velocity is large.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jfst/5/3/5_3_416/_pdf/-char/encavitating flowintensity of cavitation erosionnumerical predictionhomogeneous modelbubble dynamics
spellingShingle Naoya OCHIAI
Yuka IGA
Motohiko NOHMI
Toshiaki IKOHAGI
Numerical Prediction of Cavitation Erosion Intensity in Cavitating Flows around a Clark Y 11.7% Hydrofoil
Journal of Fluid Science and Technology
cavitating flow
intensity of cavitation erosion
numerical prediction
homogeneous model
bubble dynamics
title Numerical Prediction of Cavitation Erosion Intensity in Cavitating Flows around a Clark Y 11.7% Hydrofoil
title_full Numerical Prediction of Cavitation Erosion Intensity in Cavitating Flows around a Clark Y 11.7% Hydrofoil
title_fullStr Numerical Prediction of Cavitation Erosion Intensity in Cavitating Flows around a Clark Y 11.7% Hydrofoil
title_full_unstemmed Numerical Prediction of Cavitation Erosion Intensity in Cavitating Flows around a Clark Y 11.7% Hydrofoil
title_short Numerical Prediction of Cavitation Erosion Intensity in Cavitating Flows around a Clark Y 11.7% Hydrofoil
title_sort numerical prediction of cavitation erosion intensity in cavitating flows around a clark y 11 7 hydrofoil
topic cavitating flow
intensity of cavitation erosion
numerical prediction
homogeneous model
bubble dynamics
url https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jfst/5/3/5_3_416/_pdf/-char/en
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