近壁面超空泡航行体的空泡运动特性数值研究

Cavitation motion characteristics of near-wall supercavitating vehicle

  • 摘要: 超空泡技术对水下航行体减阻增程具有重要意义。而当航行体近水底面航行时,刚性壁面对航行体的空泡形态会产生显著影响,从而影响航行体的运动姿态和稳定性。为研究壁面效应对超空泡航行体空化的影响,采用VOF(Volume of Fluid)多相流模型、Schnerr-Sauer空化模型和Realizable k-ε湍流模型,分别对单壁面作用以及壁面边界层作用下的超空泡航行体进行模拟研究,以揭示壁面、剪切层与超空泡航行体的耦合作用机理。结果表明:对于单壁面作用,由于刚性壁面对空泡膨胀排挤水体的阻碍效应,近壁面侧的空泡显著减小,而远壁面侧的空泡略微增大,超空泡向远壁面侧偏斜,并且航行体离壁面越近,超空泡的偏斜越强,甚至还会使得航行体下侧沾湿。然而,壁面边界层作用下,由于航行体上侧绕流快于下侧,周围流线往低速的近壁面侧偏斜,空泡上凸下平的不对称性减弱。随着边界层厚度增加以及航行体与壁面距离减小,航行体周围的剪切作用增强,超空泡由远壁面侧的偏斜逐渐向近壁面侧偏斜,最终变成上平下凸的不对称形态。

     

    Abstract: Supercavitation technology is of great significance in reducing drag and enhancing the range of supercavitating vehicles. When a navigation body navigates in proximity to the underwater terrain, the rigid wall exerts a substantial influence on the cavitation enveloping the navigation body, thereby affecting its motion dynamics and stability. To elucidate the intricate interplay between the wall, shear layer, and the cavitation, this paper employs the VOF (Volume of Fluid) multiphase flow model, the Schnerr-Sauer cavitation model, and the realizable k-ε turbulence model to simulate the flow fields around a supercavitating vehicle in proximity to walls with and without the boundary layer. In the absence of a boundary layer on the rigid wall, the expansion of the cavitation bubble and the displacement of water are significantly hindered, yielding a much larger cavitation bubble near the wall and a slightly smaller cavitation bubble on the opposite side. Moreover, the supercavitation bubble exhibits a deflection towards the far side of the wall, which becomes more evident as the distance from the wall decreases, leading to a wetted lower surface of the navigation body. Conversely, in the presence of the wall boundary layer, the surrounding streamlines are deflected towards the low-speed, near-wall side since the upper side of the navigation body moves faster than the lower side. This results in a mitigation of the cavitation bubble’s asymmetry, with the upper side becoming convex and the lower side flat. As the boundary layer thickens and the distance between the navigation body and the wall decreases, the shear effect around the navigation body intensifies. Consequently, the supercavitation bubble gradually deflects from the far side towards the near side of the wall, eventually evolving into an asymmetrical shape with a flat upper side and a convex lower side.

     

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