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Jianbo Zang

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Hu Zhang

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Jiean Shen

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Yaoyao Wang

ANALYSIS OF CAVITY SHEDDING AROUND THE TWISTED HYDROFOIL

ABSTRACT
In order to understand the mechanism of cavity shedding and evolution, turbulent cavitating flows of the twisted hydrofoil were numerically investigated using the k-ε turbulence model and the ZGB cavitation model. The results of the numerical calculation and the experimental method are basically consistent, which confirms the feasibility of the numerical calculation model. This study has obtained the following conclusions. Firstly, the cavity shedding can be summarized into six stages, and the cavity shape, pressure and velocity field at different stages are displayed, analyzed and compared in detail. Secondly, the shedding of cavity and its evolution are mainly caused by the re-entrant jet and side-entrant jet, in which the former provides the kinetic energy and the latter plays the role of guiding the direction. Thirdly, under the convective shearing action of the re-entrant jet and the main flow, a strong vortex located in the mid-back edge of the hydrofoil is formed, which promotes the transformation of the cavity shape into a U-shaped structure.
KEYWORDS
numerical simulation, twisted hydrofoil, cavity shedding, U-shaped cavity, re-entrant jet, side-entrant jet
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2022-06-06
PAPER REVISED: 2022-09-24
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2022-10-01
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2022-12-17
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI220606180Z
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2023, VOLUME 27, ISSUE Issue 4, PAGES [2593 - 2605]
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