Numerical study of cavitating flows with thermodynamic effect

A Numerical Investigation of Unsteady Bubbly Cavitating Nozzle Flows

The effects of unsteady bubble dynamics on cavitating flow through a converging-diverging nozzle are investigated numerically. A continuum model that couples the Rayleigh–Plesset equation with the continuity and momentum equations is used to formulate unsteady, quasi-one-dimensional partial differential equations. Flow regimes studied include those where steady-state solutions exist, and those ...

Towards Numerical Simulation of Cavitating Flows in Complex Geometries

This paper discusses our efforts to simulate large systems of bubbles in complex geometries, with specific application to modeling cavitation instabilities. An important unstable regime is the transition from sheet-to-cloud cavitation (SCC). Experiments performed by Callenaere et al. (2001) highlight the unsteady flow structures of SCC, which is characterized by unstable regions of vapor bubble...

Numerical Investigation for Steady and Unsteady Cavitating Flows

Constraints on equation of state for cavitating flows with thermodynamic effects

Thermodynamic effects play an important role in the cavitation dynamics of cryogenics fluids. Such flows are characterized by strong variations in fluid properties with the temperature. A compressible, multiphase, one-fluid solver was developed to study and to predict thermodynamic effects in cavitating flows. To close the system, a cavitation model is proposed to capture metastable behaviours ...

Observations of nuclei in cavitating flows

The present report focuses on the source of the large difference between the theoretical strength of pure liquid [12] and the actual tension that is required to initiate cavitation in technical fluids such as test facilities and natural waters. This discrepancy is commonly explained by the existence of nuclei, either solid particles or vapor and gas bubbles that permit phase transition to take ...