The effects of foil geometry on partial and transitional cavity oscillations were examined by experiments. The transitional cavity oscillation can be observed in the upstream pressure fluctuation for all foils and the amplitude of oscillation becomes larger when the maximum cavity length becomes larger than about 75% of the chord length. The Stroulal number based on the chord length correlated with the value of a parameter and increased from 0.07 to 0.17 with the increase of from 2.0 to 6.0 for all foils. For thicker foils, the partial cavity oscillation could not be detected in the upstream pressure fluctuation. However, semi-periodical cavity shedding corresponding to the partial cavity oscillation could be visually observed for all foils and the Strouhal number based on the mean cavity length was about 0.15–0.35 for all foils. Thus, the effect of foil geometry appears only in the strength of partial cavity oscillation.
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Effect of Hydrofoil Shapes on Partial and Transitional Cavity Oscillations
Akira Fujii,
e-mail: fujii@fluent.co.jp
Akira Fujii
FLUENT Asia Pacific Co., Ltd.
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Damien T. Kawakami,
Damien T. Kawakami
St. Anthony Falls Laboratory,
e-mail: kawa0036@umn.edu
University of Minnesota
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Yoshinobu Tsujimoto,
Yoshinobu Tsujimoto
Engineering Science,
e-mail: tujimoto@me.es.osaka-u.ac.jp
Osaka University
, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-8531, Japan
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Roger EA Arndt
Roger EA Arndt
St. Anthony Falls Laboratory,
e-mail: arndt001@umn.edu
University of Minnesota
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Akira Fujii
FLUENT Asia Pacific Co., Ltd.
, Nittochi Nishishinnjyuku Bldg. 18F, 6-10-1, Nishishinnjyuku, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0023, Japane-mail: fujii@fluent.co.jp
Damien T. Kawakami
St. Anthony Falls Laboratory,
University of Minnesota
, Mississippi River at 3rd Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55414e-mail: kawa0036@umn.edu
Yoshinobu Tsujimoto
Engineering Science,
Osaka University
, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-8531, Japane-mail: tujimoto@me.es.osaka-u.ac.jp
Roger EA Arndt
St. Anthony Falls Laboratory,
University of Minnesota
, Mississippi River at 3rd Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55414e-mail: arndt001@umn.edu
J. Fluids Eng. Jun 2007, 129(6): 669-673 (5 pages)
Published Online: January 9, 2007
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July 12, 2005
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January 9, 2007
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Fujii, A., Kawakami, D. T., Tsujimoto, Y., and Arndt, R. E. (January 9, 2007). "Effect of Hydrofoil Shapes on Partial and Transitional Cavity Oscillations." ASME. J. Fluids Eng. June 2007; 129(6): 669–673. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2734183
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