Numerical Modeling of Unsteady Cavitating Flows around a Stationary Hydrofoil

Figure 6

Comparisons of the baroclinic torque and vorticity transport/stretching term in (12) for the different cavitation models with 𝑛=1 and 𝑛=3 for 𝜎=1.49, Re = 750,000, 𝑉_∞=5 m/s, and 𝛼=6^∘.

(a) Kubota model, 𝑛=1 

(b) Kubota model, 𝑛=3

(c) Merkle model, 𝑛=1

(d) Merkle model, 𝑛=3

(e) Singhal model, 𝑛=1

(f) Singhal model, 𝑛=3