Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4992724 Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 2017 12 Pages PDF
Abstract
A 2D convergent-divergent test section was built to study experimentally sheet cavitation followed by bubble cloud formation. Flow visualizations and pressure measurements enabled correlating high speed photography observations with the pressures on the cavitating surface. These indicate that the frequency of the recurring sheet cavity decreases with increased inlet flow velocity. As the inlet velocity increases, the flow structure changes from vortex shedding with entrapped thin cavities, to a sheet cavity with a reentrant jet producing bubble cloud shedding, to a shock dominant cavity collapse flow regime. The two-phase bubbly flow shock front moves upstream at a speed higher than the local sound speed, creating a pressure surge clearly measured as the shock front passes over a pressure gauge. The sheet cavity breakdown during collapse leaves behind vortical bubble clouds.
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