Authors: Sheng Huang Miao He Chao Wang Xin Chang
Publish Date: 2010/03/12
Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 63-68
Abstract
In order to predict the effects of cavitation on a hydrofoil the state equations of the cavitation model were combined with a linear viscous turbulent method for mixed fluids in the computational fluid dynamics CFD software FLUENT to simulate steady cavitating flow At a fixed attack angle pressure distributions and volume fractions of vapor at different cavitation numbers were simulated and the results on foil sections agreed well with experimental data In addition at the various cavitation numbers the vapor fractions at different attack angles were also predicted The vapor region moved towards the front of the airfoil and the length of the cavity grew with increased attack angle The results show that this method of applying FLUENT to simulate cavitation is reliable
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