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 …

Cavitation research with computational fluid dynamics: From Euler-Euler to Euler-Lagrange approach

B Ji, Z Wang, H Cheng, RE Bensow - Journal of Hydrodynamics, 2024 - Springer
Unsteady cavitating flow often contains vapor structures with a wide range of different length
scales, from micro-bubbles to large cavities, which issues a big challenge to precisely …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of cavitation noise using Eulerian-Lagrangian multiscale modeling

L Li, Y Niu, G Wei, S Manickam, X Sun, Z Zhu - Ultrasonics sonochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
We have employed the large eddy simulation (LES) approach to investigate the cavitation
noise characteristics of an unsteady cavitating flow around a NACA66 (National Advisory …

Experimental investigation on spatial-temporal evolution of tip leakage cavitation in a mixed flow pump with tip clearance

Y Han, L Tan - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2023 - Elsevier
Tip leakage cavitation remains an unsolved problem that threatens the safe operation of
hydraulic machines and plagues researchers worldwide. The objective of this work is to …

Spatial-temporal evolution of tip leakage cavitation with double-hump in a mixed flow pump with tip clearance

Y Han, L Tan - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Tip clearance in pump induces tip leakage vortex (TLV), which interacts with the main flow
and leads to instability of flow pattern and decrease in pump performance. In this work, a …

Vortex and cavity dynamics for the tip-leakage cavitation over a hydrofoil

Z Qian, Z Wang, C Geng, X Luo - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Large eddy simulations were used to investigate unsteady tip-leakage cavitating flow over a
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 0009 hydrofoil. The proper orthogonal …

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 …

Method of bionic wavy tip on vortex and cavitation suppression of a hydrofoil in tidal energy

L Wang, X Luo, J Feng, J Lu, G Zhu, W Wang - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The tip leakage vortex (TLV) has a detrimental effect on the energy performance and
operation stability of bulb turbines, which is the core component of energy conversion in tidal …

Energy performance and flow characteristics of a slanted axial-flow pump under cavitation conditions

Z Fei, R Zhang, H Xu, J Feng, T Mu, Y Chen - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Cavitation is a complex flow phenomenon that hinders the efficient, safe, and stable
operation of hydraulic machinery. To investigate the effect of cavitation on energy …

Cavitation inception noise excited by a tip leakage vortex with various gap sizes: A Eulerian–Lagrangian investigation

B Ji, X Wang, X Bai, H Cheng, X Peng - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, the noise characteristics of tip leakage vortex cavitation (TLVC) inception are
numerically investigated using a previously developed hybrid Eulerian–Lagrangian model …