Numerical investigation of cavitating flows for marine propulsors using an unstructured mesh technique

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In the present study, the cavitating flows around marine propulsors have been numerically investigated by using a multi-phase RANS flow solver based on pseudo-compressibility and a homogeneous mixture model using unstructured meshes. To handle the relative motion between the rotating rotor and the stator, an overset mesh technique was adopted. The mass transfer rate between the liquid and vapor phases was determined by Merkle's cavitation model based on the difference between the local and vapor pressure. The calculations were made for the P4381 marine propeller with different cavitation numbers at several advancing ratios. It was shown that the vapor structure, such as cavitation size and shape, was well captured at cavitating flow conditions. It was observed that the cavitation breakdown behavior was also well captured by the present method. Good agreement was obtained between the present results and the experiment for the integrated blade loadings, such as thrust and torque. The calculations were also made for a water-jet pump configuration at several flow conditions, and the cavitation breakdown behaviors for total headrise, power and thrust were validated by comparing the results with the experiment. The blade area covered by the cavitation and the shape of tip leakage cavitation were also compared with the experiment. Reasonable agreement between the predicted results and the experiment was obtained.
Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
Issue Date
2013-10
Language
English
Article Type
Article; Proceedings Paper
Keywords

PROPELLER CAVITATION

Citation

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND FLUID FLOW, v.43, pp.259 - 267

ISSN
0142-727X
DOI
10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2013.05.007
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10203/188750
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AE-Journal Papers(저널논문)
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