Numerical Modeling of Unsteady Cavitating Flows around a Stationary Hydrofoil

Figure 12

Comparison of the baroclinic torque (left) and vorticity transport/stretching term (right) in (12) at 𝑡₆ for the Merkle and Singhal models with 𝑛=1 and 3 for 𝜎=1, Re = 750,000, 𝑉_∞=5 m/s, and 𝛼=6^∘.

(a) Merkle model, 𝑛=1

(b) Merkle model, 𝑛=3

(c) Singhal model, 𝑛=1

(d) Singhal model, 𝑛=3