A review of studies of mechanism and prediction of tip vortex cavitation inception

The inception of the tip vortex cavitation (TVC) is a very important problem in cavitation researches. The study of the mechanism of the TVC inception is not only conducive to its prediction, but also helps to suppress or suspend the occurrence of cavitation. In this paper, the research progresses o...

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Published inJournal of hydrodynamics. Series B Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 488 - 495
Main Author 张凌新 张娜 彭晓星 王本龙 邵雪明
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2015
Springer Singapore
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ISSN1001-6058
1878-0342
DOI10.1016/S1001-6058(15)60508-X

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Summary:The inception of the tip vortex cavitation (TVC) is a very important problem in cavitation researches. The study of the mechanism of the TVC inception is not only conducive to its prediction, but also helps to suppress or suspend the occurrence of cavitation. In this paper, the research progresses on the TVC inception including theoretical, experimental and numerical studies mainly in the last two decades are reviewed. It is shown that the TVC inception is affected by complicated factors, such as the water quality, the average pressure and the fluctuating pressure. In the scaling law for the determination of the TVC inception, all these factors are considered. To precisely describe the scaling law, more investigations are needed to understand the effects of the water quality and the fluctuating pressure.
Bibliography:tip vortex; cavitation; inception; scaling law
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The inception of the tip vortex cavitation(TVC) is a very important problem in cavitation researches. The study of the mechanism of the TVC inception is not only conducive to its prediction, but also helps to suppress or suspend the occurrence of cavitation. In this paper, the research progresses on the TVC inception including theoretical, experimental and numerical studies mainly in the last two decades are reviewed. It is shown that the TVC inception is affected by complicated factors, such as the water quality, the average pressure and the fluctuating pressure. In the scaling law for the determination of the TVC inception, all these factors are considered. To precisely describe the scaling law, more investigations are needed to understand the effects of the water quality and the fluctuating pressure.
ZHANG Ling-xin, ZHANG Na , PENG Xiao-xing , WANG Ben-long, SHAO Xue-ming( 1. State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power Transmission and Control, Department of Mechanics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China 2. China Ship Scientific Research Center, Wuxi 214082, China 3. School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China)
ISSN:1001-6058
1878-0342
DOI:10.1016/S1001-6058(15)60508-X