This effort investigates advancing cavitation modeling relevant to computational fluid dynamics (CFD) through two strategies. The first aims to reformulate the cavitation models and the second explores adding liquid–vapor slippage effects. The first aspect of the paper revisits cavitation model formulations with respect to the Rayleigh–Plesset equation (RPE). The present approach reformulates the cavitation model using analytic solutions to the RPE. The benefit of this reformulation is displayed by maintaining model sensitivities similar to RPE, whereas the standard models fail these tests. In addition, the model approach is extended beyond standard homogeneous models, to a two-fluid modeling framework that explicitly models the slippage between cavitation bubbles and the liquid. The results indicate a significant impact of slip on the predicted cavitation solution, suggesting that the inclusion of such modeling can potentially improve CFD cavitation models. Overall, the results of this effort point to various aspects that may be considered in future CFD-modeling efforts with the goal of improving the model accuracy and reducing computational time.
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April 2019
Research-Article
An Assessment of Computational Fluid Dynamics Cavitation Models Using Bubble Growth Theory and Bubble Transport Modeling
Michael P. Kinzel,
Michael P. Kinzel
Applied Research Laboratory,
The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA 16802
e-mail: mpk176@psu.edu
The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA 16802
e-mail: mpk176@psu.edu
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Jules W. Lindau,
Jules W. Lindau
Applied Research Laboratory,
The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA 16802
e-mail: jwl10@psu.edu
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Robert F. Kunz
Robert F. Kunz
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
The Pennsylvania State University,
e-mail: rfk102@psu.edu
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park
, PA 16802e-mail: rfk102@psu.edu
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Michael P. Kinzel
Applied Research Laboratory,
The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA 16802
e-mail: mpk176@psu.edu
The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA 16802
e-mail: mpk176@psu.edu
Jules W. Lindau
Applied Research Laboratory,
The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA 16802
e-mail: jwl10@psu.edu
The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA 16802
e-mail: jwl10@psu.edu
Robert F. Kunz
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
The Pennsylvania State University,
e-mail: rfk102@psu.edu
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park
, PA 16802e-mail: rfk102@psu.edu
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Contributed by the Fluids Engineering Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF FLUIDS ENGINEERING. Manuscript received March 1, 2018; final manuscript received December 21, 2018; published online February 8, 2019. Assoc. Editor: Olivier Coutier-Delgosha.
J. Fluids Eng. Apr 2019, 141(4): 041301 (9 pages)
Published Online: February 8, 2019
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March 1, 2018
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December 21, 2018
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Kinzel, M. P., Lindau, J. W., and Kunz, R. F. (February 8, 2019). "An Assessment of Computational Fluid Dynamics Cavitation Models Using Bubble Growth Theory and Bubble Transport Modeling." ASME. J. Fluids Eng. April 2019; 141(4): 041301. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4042421
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