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Analysis of cavitating flow structure by experimental and numerical investigations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2007

O. COUTIER-DELGOSHA ,
B. STUTZ ,
A. VABRE  and
S. LEGOUPIL
O. COUTIER-DELGOSHA*
Affiliation:
ENSTA – UER de Mécanique, Chemin de la Huniére, 91761 Palaiseau Cedex, France
B. STUTZ
Affiliation:
CETHYL, 20 Avenue Albert Einstein, 69621 Villeurbanne-cedex, France
A. VABRE
Affiliation:
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), CEA-Saclay, DRT/LIST, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
S. LEGOUPIL
Affiliation:
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), CEA-Saclay, DRT/LIST, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
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Abstract

The unsteady structure of cavitating flows is investigated by coupled experimental and numerical means. Experiments focus on the structure and dynamics of sheet cavitation on the upper side of a two-dimensional foil section in the ENSTA cavitation tunnel. Various flow conditions are investigated by varying the pressure, the flow velocity, and the incidence of the foil section. High-frequency local measurements of volume fractions of the vapour phase are performed inside the liquid/vapour mixture by a X-ray absorption method. The numerical approach is based on a macroscopic formulation of the balance equations for a two-phase flow. The assumptions required by this formulation are detailed and they are shown to be common to almost all the models used to simulate cavitating flows. In the present case we apply a single-fluid model associated with a barotropic state law that governs the mixture density evolution. Numerical simulations are performed at the experimental conditions and the results are compared to the experimental data. A reliable agreement is obtained for the internal structure of the cavity for incidence varying between 3° and 6°. Special attention is paid to the mechanisms of partial and transitional instabilities, and to the effects of the interaction between the two sides of the foil section.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 578 , 10 May 2007 , pp. 171 - 222
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