A physics based multiscale modeling of cavitating flows

Ma, Jingsen; Hsiao, Chao-Tsung; Chahine, Georges L.

doi:10.1016/j.compfluid.2016.12.010

A physics based multiscale modeling of cavitating flows

Journal Article · Wed Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Computers and Fluids

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2016.12.010· OSTI ID:1462719

Ma, Jingsen ^[1]; Hsiao, Chao-Tsung ^[1]; Chahine, Georges L. ^[1]

Dynaflow Inc., Jessup, MD (United States)

Here, numerical modeling of cavitating bubbly flows is challenging due to the wide range of characteristic lengths of the physics at play: from micrometers (e.g., bubble nuclei radius) to meters (e.g., propeller diameter or sheet cavity length). To address this, we present here a multiscale approach which integrates a Discrete Singularities Model (DSM) for dispersed microbubbles and a two-phase Navier Stokes solver for the bubbly medium, which includes a level set approach to describe large cavities or gaseous pockets. Inter-scale schemes are used to smoothly bridge the two transitioning subgrid DSM bubbles into larger discretized cavities. This approach is demonstrated on several problems including cavitation inception and vapor core formation in a vortex flow, sheet-to-cloud cavitation over a hydrofoil, cavitation behind a blunt body, and cavitation on a propeller. These examples highlight the capabilities of the developed multiscale model in simulating various form of cavitation.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)

Sponsoring Organization:: US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)

OSTI ID:: 1462719

Journal Information:: Computers and Fluids, Journal Name: Computers and Fluids Journal Issue: C Vol. 145; ISSN 0045-7930

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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