This paper investigates the unsteady structures and the hydrodynamics of cavitating flows. Experimental results are presented for a Clark-Y hydrofoil fixed at ?= 0?, 5? and 8?, for various cavitation numbers, from subcavitating flow to supercavitation. The high-speed video camera and the particle image velocimetry(PIV) are applied to observe the transient flow structures. Statistics of the cavity lengths, the velocity and vorticity distributions, as well as the turbulent intensities are presented to quantify the unsteady process. Meanwhile, the dynamic measurement system is used to record the dynamic characteristics. The experimental results show that the flow structures and the hydrodynamics of the cavitation vary considerably with various combinations of angles of attack and cavitation numbers. Under various conditions, the cavitation can be generally grouped as the inception cavitation, the sheet cavitation, the cloud cavitation and the supercavitation. The cloud cavitation exhibits noticeable unsteady characteristics. Experimental evidence indicates that the hydrodynamics are clearly affected by the cavitating flow structures, the amplitude of the load fluctuation is much higher in the cloud cavitating cases.
The objective of this paper is to improve the understanding of the influence of multiphase flow on the turbulent closure model,the interplay between vorticity fields and cavity dynamics around a pitching hydrofoil.The effects of pitching rate on the subcavitating and cavitating response of the pitching hydrofoil are also investigated.In particular,we focus on the interactions between cavity inception,growth,and shedding and the vortex flow structures,and their impacts on the hydrofoil performance.The calculations are 2-D and performed by solving the incompressible,multiphase Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes(URANS)equations via the commercial CFD code CFX.The k-SST(Shear Stress Transport)turbulence model is used along with the transport equation-based cavitation models.The density correction function is considered to reduce the eddy viscosity according to the computed local fluid mixture density.The calculation results are validated with experiments conducted by Ducoin et al.(see Computational and experimental investigation of flow over a transient pitching hydrofoil,Eur J Mech/B Fluids,2009,28:728–743 and An experimental analysis of fluid structure interaction of a flexible hydrofoil in various flow regimes including cavitating flow,Eur J Mech B/fluids,2012,36:63–74).Results are shown for a NACA66 hydrofoil subject to slow(quasi static,6°/s,*0.18)and fast(dynamic,63°/s,*1.89)pitching motions from=0°to=15°.Both subcavitaing(=8.0)and cavitating(=3.0)flows are considered.For subcavitating flow(=8.0),low frequency fluctuations have been observed when the leading edge vortex shedding occurs during stall,and delay of stall is observed with increasing pitching velocity.For cavitating flow(=3.0),small leading edge cavities are observed with the slow pitching case,which significantly modified the vortex dynamics at high angles of attack,leading to high frequency fluctuations of the hydrodynamic coefficients and different stall behaviors compared to the subcavitating flow at the same pitching rate.On the ot
