Numerical Modeling of Unsteady Cavitating Flows around a Stationary Hydrofoil

Figure 10

Comparison of the vapor fraction (left), turbulent kinetic energy (middle), and vorticity (right) contours for the Merkle cavitation models with (a) 𝑛=1 and (b) 𝑛=3, in the case of unsteady sheet/cloud cavitation with 𝜎=1.00, Re = 750,000, 𝑉_∞=5 m/s, and 𝛼=6^∘.

(a) Merkle model, 𝑛=1 

(b) Merkle model 𝑛=3