A numerical study of unsteady cavitation on a hydrofoil by les and URANS method

Zi Ru Li, Guang Ming Zhang, Wei Dong He, Tom Van Terwisga

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Abstract

In this paper, the unsteady cavitation phenomena on a NACA0015 hydrofoil is numerically simulated by unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) method and Large Eddy Simulation (LES) in single-fluid approaches to multiphase modelling, respectively. It is observed that the large-scale structures and characteristic periodic shedding predicted by the URANS with the modified SST k-ω turbulence model show a good qualitative match with the experimental observations but with quantitative discrepancies, such as a different cavity length and volume, and a different location of shedding. Compared to the URANS results, the LES results reproduce more details of unsteady dynamics with an improved quantitative agreement.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings 9th International Symposium on Cavitation (CAV2015)
EditorsM. Farhat, A. Müller
PublisherIOP Publishing
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Event9th international symposium on cavitation, CAV 2015, Lausanne, Switzerland - Bristol
Duration: 6 Dec 201510 Dec 2015

Publication series

NameJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Number1
Volume656
ISSN (Print)1742-6588

Conference

Conference9th international symposium on cavitation, CAV 2015, Lausanne, Switzerland
Period6/12/1510/12/15

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