The International Moth dinghy is a 3.355m long single handed, una-rigged monohull dinghy. The class rules allow the use of hydrofoil that in certain wind conditions can significantly reduce resistance. A new velocity prediction program (VPP) has been developed to evaluate the impact of hydrofoil design and set-up on the performance of a Moth dinghy by simulating racing on a windward leeward cou...

A test apparatus was designed and constructed to observe the effect of sinusoidal pitching oscillations on the cavitation of thredimensional hydrofoils. The apparatus is capable of oscillating hydrofoils at a rate up to 50 Hz and provides for adjustments in oscillation amplitude and mean angle of attack. Observations of the effect of pitching oscillation on cavitation have been made for a NACA ...

This study experimentally investigated the influence of heat transfer from a heated hydrofoil on cavitating flow to understand evaporation phenomenon under high-heat-flux and high-speed conditions. A temperature difference was generated between mainstream by installing an aluminum nitride heater in NACA0015 fabricated copper. cavitation experiment performed high-temperature water tunnel at Inst...

The fluid–structure interaction of a flexible plunging hydrofoil immersed in current is solved numerically to analyze its propulsion enhancement due flexibility at Reynolds number 10000. After validating with available experimental data, the code used assess analytical predictions from linear theory. We consider large stiffness ratios, high thrust by flexibility, and small mass ratios appropria...

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the predictive capability of three turbulence models for the simulation of unsteady cavitating flows around a 2D Clark-y hydrofoil. Three turbulence models were standard k-ε model, hybrid model of density correction model (DCM) and filter-based model (FBM) and an improved partially-averaged Navier-Stokes model (PANS) based on k-ε model. Using the above...

The computational analysis of partial sheet hydrofoil cavitation in two dimensions is performed. Particular attention is given to the method of simulating the flow at the end of the cavity. A fixed-length partially cavitating panel method is used to predict the height of the re-entrant jet, using the values of the cavitation number and the drag coefficient. The jet surface is subsequently const...

P RESENT day interest in the high-speed performance of hydrofoil boats, ship propellers, pumps, and turbines has resulted in an intensive study of cavitation in liquid flows. During this process the flow field changes significantly from that of a homogenous single-phase flow. Forces, pressure distributions, and other performance characteristics are then correspondingly altered and these changes...

The shedding process of the Kármán vortices at the trailing edge of a 2D hydrofoil at high Reynolds numbers is investigated. The focus is put on the effect of the cavitation on the vortex street morphology. A direct insight is also provided on the role of the structural vibration on the cavitation inception. The shedding frequency, derived from the measurement of flow induced vibration, is foun...