Research Article

Numerical Simulations of Air Cavities in Inclined Plunging Jets

Table 4

Mesh information and simulated sizes of the cavity (θ0 = 90°, Vin = 1.5 m/s).

NumberMesh size/mmNumber of elements/MillionL1/D (t = 20 ms)L2/D (t = 20 ms)L1/D (t = 40 ms)L2/D (t = 40 ms)L1/D (t = 46.67 ms)L2/D (t = 46.67 ms)

I1.25.692.803.543.577.013.758.41
II1.16.722.823.653.657.253.788.82
III1.07.942.813.643.627.273.788.85
IV0.99.332.833.663.657.383.798.98
V0.810.852.843.693.677.443.819.03