Numerical assessment of cavitation erosion risk on the Delft twisted hydrofoil using a hybrid Eulerian-Lagrangian strategy

Z Wang, H Cheng, RE Bensow, X Peng, B Ji - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cavitation damage is a major threat to the life span of fluid machinery and has been a hot
research issue in engineering for a long time. The current work aims to show the ability to …

Study on the liquid jet and shock wave produced by a near-wall cavitation bubble containing a small amount of non-condensable gas

L Tian, YX Zhang, JY Yin, L Lv, JY Zhang… - … Communications in Heat …, 2023 - Elsevier
The liquid jet and shock wave produced by a near-wall cavitation bubble are two major
reasons resulting in material-wall damage. To better understand the destructive mechanism …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical investigation of the cavitation bubble near the solid wall with a gas-entrapping hole based on a fully compressible three-phase model

J Yin, Y Zhang, X Qi, L Tian, D Gong, M Ma - Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
The solid surface with several cavities containing gas strongly influences the bubble's
dynamical behaviors. To reveal the underlying physical mechanism of the cavitation bubble …

A mechanochromic optical sensor based on Bragg reflection for real-time monitoring of large-range sharp pressure fluctuations in aqueous fluids

W Zheng, Z Tan, J Fan, Z Meng, M Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, mechano-actuated sensors have received extensive attention due to their
excellent sensitivity in the dynamic pressure and flow field. In this study, a mechanochromic …

[HTML][HTML] Cavitation erosion risk assessment for a marine propeller behind a Ro–Ro container vessel

T Melissaris, S Schenke, TJC Van Terwisga - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
A novel cavitation erosion risk model, developed by Schenke et al.[“On the relevance of
kinematics for cavitation implosion loads,” Phys. Fluids 31, 052102 (2019)], is applied to …

A review on the application of hybrid RANS-LES methods in hydraulic machinery

Y Han, M Liu, L Tan - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydraulic machinery plays a pivotal role in various fields, and they usually operate with
complex flow phenomena that may significantly affect its performance and stability. The …

Estimation of cavitation erosion area in unsteady cavitating flows using a modified approach

S Zhang, Z Qian, B Ji - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Estimation of cavitation erosion area remains a challenging issue. Only an accurate
estimation of the erosion-sensitive area can effectively reveal the various mechanisms of …

Numerical assessment of the condensation shock mechanism in sheet to cloud cavitation transition

D Vaca-Revelo, A Gnanaskandan - International Journal of Multiphase …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sheet to cloud cavitation over a wedge is investigated using numerical simulations
performed at a Reynolds number R e= 200,000 and cavitation numbers ranging from σ= 1 …

A systematic study into the cavitation erosion test for marine propeller materials by cavitating jet technique

O Usta, ÇS Köksal, E Korkut - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental investigation of cavitation erosion on widely used
marine propeller materials by the cavitating jet technique as an alternative to cavitation …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular dynamics simulations of a nanobubble's collapse-induced erosion on nickel boundary and porous nickel foam boundary

S Rezaee, E Kadivar, O el Moctar - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2024 - Elsevier
Nickel (Ni) alloys and their foam composites are extensively acknowledged materials
utilized in the construction of propellers and hulls for the shipbuilding industry. Erosion …