Three-dimensional large eddy simulation and vorticity analysis of unsteady cavitating flow around a twisted hydrofoil  

作　　者：季斌 罗先武 彭晓星 吴玉林 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University [2]China Ship Scientific Research Center

出　　处：《Journal of Hydrodynamics》2013年第4期510-519,共10页水动力学研究与进展B辑（英文版）

基　　金：Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51206087, 51179091);the Major National Scientific Instrument and Equipment Development Project (Grant No. 2011YQ07004901);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant Nos. 2011M500314,2012T50090)

摘　　要：Large Eddy Simulation （LES） was coupled with a mass transfer cavitation model to predict unsteady 3-D turbulent cavita- ting flows around a twisted hydrofoil. The wall-adapting local eddy-viscosity （WALE） model was used to give the Sub-Grid Scale （SGS） stress term. The predicted 3-D cavitation evolutions, including the cavity growth, break-off and collapse downstream, and the shedding cycle as well as its frequency agree fairly well with experimental results. The mechanism for the interactions between the cavitation and the vortices was discussed based on the analysis of the vorticity transport equation related to the vortex stretching, volumetric expansion/contraction and baroclinic torque terms along the hydrofoil mid-plane. The vortical flow analysis demonstrates that cavitation promotes the vortex production and the flow unsteadiness. In non-cavitation conditions, the streamline smoothly passes along the upper wall of the hydrofoil with no boundary layer separation and the boundary layer is thin and attached to the foil except at the trailing edge. With decreasing cavitation number, the present case has O＂ = 1.07, and the attached sheet cavitation beco- mes highly unsteady, with periodic growth and break-off to form the cavitation cloud. The expansion due to cavitation induces boun- dary layer separation and significantly increases the vorticity magnitude at the cavity interface. A detailed analysis using the vorticity transport equation shows that the cavitation accelerates the vortex stretching and dilatation and increases the baroclinic torque as the major source of vorticity generation. Examination of the flow field shows that the vortex dilatation and baroclinic torque terms in- crease in the cavitating case to the same magnitude as the vortex stretching term, while for the non-cavitating case these two terms are zero.Large Eddy Simulation （LES） was coupled with a mass transfer cavitation model to predict unsteady 3-D turbulent cavita- ting flows around a twisted hydrofoil. The wall-adapting local eddy-viscosity （WALE） model was used to give the Sub-Grid Scale （SGS） stress term. The predicted 3-D cavitation evolutions, including the cavity growth, break-off and collapse downstream, and the shedding cycle as well as its frequency agree fairly well with experimental results. The mechanism for the interactions between the cavitation and the vortices was discussed based on the analysis of the vorticity transport equation related to the vortex stretching, volumetric expansion/contraction and baroclinic torque terms along the hydrofoil mid-plane. The vortical flow analysis demonstrates that cavitation promotes the vortex production and the flow unsteadiness. In non-cavitation conditions, the streamline smoothly passes along the upper wall of the hydrofoil with no boundary layer separation and the boundary layer is thin and attached to the foil except at the trailing edge. With decreasing cavitation number, the present case has O＂ = 1.07, and the attached sheet cavitation beco- mes highly unsteady, with periodic growth and break-off to form the cavitation cloud. The expansion due to cavitation induces boun- dary layer separation and significantly increases the vorticity magnitude at the cavity interface. A detailed analysis using the vorticity transport equation shows that the cavitation accelerates the vortex stretching and dilatation and increases the baroclinic torque as the major source of vorticity generation. Examination of the flow field shows that the vortex dilatation and baroclinic torque terms in- crease in the cavitating case to the same magnitude as the vortex stretching term, while for the non-cavitating case these two terms are zero.

关 键 词：cavitation Large Eddy Simulation （LES） HYDROFOIL vorticity analysis unsteady shedding 

分 类 号：U661.1[交通运输工程—船舶及航道工程]