URANS COMPUTATION OF CAVITATING FLOWS AROUND SKEWED PROPELLERS

• Published in: Journal of hydrodynamics. Series B Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 339 - 346
• Main Authors: LIU, Yan, ZHAO, Peng-fei, WANG, Qiang, CHEN, Zhao-hui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2012; Springer Singapore; School of Energy and Power Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China%School of Naval Architecture Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China%Dalian Fishing Company, Dalian 116015, China
• Subjects: cavitating flow; Engineering; Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Hydrology/Water Resources; Navier-Stokes; non-uniform wake; Numerical and Computational Physics; RANS; Simulation; skewed propeller; Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS); 侧斜螺旋桨; 数值研究; 空化模型; 绕流; 计算; 雷诺平均; Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS); skewed propeller; non-uniform wake; cavitating flow; skewed propeller cavitating flow
• ISSN: 1001-6058; 1878-0342
• DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6058(11)60253-9

Cavitating flows around skewed propellers are investigated numerically by means of the unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes （RANS） Equation method. The standard k - c turbulence and the modified Z-G-B cavitation models are employed. A measured nominal wake is used for the inlet velocity boundary condition. Predicted cavitating evolution processes and tip cavity patterns are compared with experimental observations. In addition, the influence of the skew angles on the cavitation and unsteadiness performances of propellers operating in a non-uniform wake is also studied. Results show that the modified Z-G-B cavitation model performs better to simulate the cavitating flow cases studied in this paper. Comparisons demonstrate that the skewed propeller with a skew angle of 20~ is the best choice for a given stern wake with a assigned thrust and the minimum force fluctuations.