A review of cavitation in tip-leakage flow and its control

H Cheng, B Ji, X Long, W Huai, M Farhat - Journal of Hydrodynamics, 2021 - Springer
The tip-leakage vortex (TLV) cavitation is a challenging issue for a variety of axial hydraulic
turbines and pumps from both technical and scientific viewpoints. The flow characteristics of …

[HTML][HTML] Cavitation analysis through CFD in industrial pumps: A review

F Orlandi, L Montorsi, M Milani - International Journal of Thermofluids, 2023 - Elsevier
Cavitation is one of the most detrimental fluid-dynamic anomalies that occur to
turbomachines. It mainly affects machines characterized by high rotation speeds and clear …

Research on hydrodynamics of high velocity regions in a water-jet pump based on experimental and numerical calculations at different cavitation conditions

Y Long, C An, R Zhu, J Chen - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Cavitation is a common phenomenon and continues to be a primary concern in the fields of
hydraulic machinery. To provide a reference for cavitation flow and cavitation performance …

Large eddy simulations of cavitating tip vortex flows

A Asnaghi, U Svennberg, RE Bensow - Ocean Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
In the current study, tip vortex flows are numerically studied by employing Large Eddy
Simulation. Wet flow, cavitation inception, and cavitating tip vortex simulations are carried …

Effect of URANS and hybrid RANS-large eddy simulation turbulence models on unsteady turbulent flows inside a side channel pump

Y Wang, F Zhang, S Yuan… - Journal of Fluids …, 2020 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In this work, the unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (URANS) and three hybrid
Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes-large eddy simulation (RANS-LES) models are …

Research on the effects of different blade leading-edge geometries on the internal and external characteristics of centrifugal pumps

B Chen, H Chen, X Li, Z Zhu - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
By studying the flow-field structures, turbulent kinetic energy (TKE), flow angle distribution,
and pump performance of centrifugal pump impellers under different flow conditions, the …

Influence of cavitation on unsteady vortical flows in a side channel pump

Y Wang, F Zhang, S Yuan, K Chen, F Hong… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Previous investigation on side channel pump mainly concentrates on parameter
optimization and internal unsteady vortical flows. However, cavitation is prone to occur in a …

Evaluation of a modified URANS prediction of unsteady cavitating flow around a hydrofoil by comparing with LES results and experimental results

S Zhang, C Wang, Z Yao, Q Zhong, J Wu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The research makes the analysis of cavitating flow field around hydrofoil NACA0009 through
both experiments and numerical simulations. We previously proposed an interface effect …

[HTML][HTML] A cavitation performance prediction method for pumps: Part2-sensitivity and accuracy

L Yun, Z Yan, C Jian**, Z Rongsheng… - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2021 - Elsevier
At present, in the case of pump fast optimization, there is a problem of rapid, accurate and
effective prediction of cavitation performance. In “A Cavitation Performance Prediction …

[HTML][HTML] A cavitation performance prediction method for pumps PART1-Proposal and feasibility

L Yun, Z Rongsheng, W Dezhong - Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Pumps are essential machinery in the various industries. With the development of high-
speed and large-scale pumps, especially high energy density, high requirements have been …