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Control of cloud cavitation through microbubbles

conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-23, 15:08 authored by James VenningJames Venning, Bryce PearceBryce Pearce, Paul BrandnerPaul Brandner
The dynamics of cloud cavitation about a 3D hydrofoil are investigated experimentally in a cavitation tunnel with deplete, sparse and abundant freestream nuclei populations. The rectangular-planform, NACA 0015 hydrofoil was tested at a Reynolds number of 1.4 × 106, an incidence of 6 and a cavitation number of 0.55. High-speed photography of cavitation shedding phenomena was acquired simultaneously with unsteady force measurement to enable identification of cavity shedding modes corresponding with force spectral peaks. Nuclei populations were varied through the injection of polydisperse microbubbles. Both the deplete and abundant cases were characterised by large-scale cloud cavitation. For a sparsely seeded flow, however, coherent fluctuations are significantly reduced due to random nuclei activation and cavity breakup resulting in minimum relative unsteady lift.

History

Publication title

Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC2020

Editors

H Chanson and R Brown

Pagination

1-4

ISBN

9781742723419

Department/School

Australian Maritime College

Publisher

The University of Queensland

Place of publication

Brisbane

Event title

22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC2020

Event Venue

Brisbane, Australia

Date of Event (Start Date)

2020-12-07

Date of Event (End Date)

2020-12-10

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences