Distribution of probability of the vapor phase occurrence in a cavitating flow based on the concentration of PIV tracers in liquid
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Author(s)
Pervunin, Konstantin S
Timoshevskiy, Mikhail
Ilyushin, Boris B
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We present a new method of extracting information on average vapor distribution in a cavitating flow based on statistical processing of PIV data for a liquid phase. For this, vectors on instantaneous velocity fields are analyzed over the entire statistical ensemble of instantaneous realizations considering their status: valid—vectors that passed validation procedures, outliers—the ones with incorrect values, out-of-flow—those calculated on insufficient number of seeding particles (tracers), masked—they correspond to unilluminated flow regions. The suggested approach is based on the two basic principles: absence of the tracers in the vapor phase and statistical independence of the successive measurements. The case study is performed for a cavitating 2D symmetric hydrofoil under unsteady cloud cavitation conditions with regular shedding of large-scale cloud cavities. Comparing statistical distribution laws in different flow regions makes it possible to recognize the stable sheet cavity and its pulsating part and determine the location of cloud cavity detachments. This approach for PIV data analysis is shown to be an effective tool to characterize time-averaged distribution of the dispersed phase in cavitating flow based merely on velocity measurements for the liquid phase. Using it allows one to substantially reduce consumption of computational resources and save time when investigating the structure of cavitating flows, limiting to standard PIV measurements in liquid. This method can be also applied to analyze the structure of other types of dispersed two-phase flows.
Date Issued
2021-12-01
Date Acceptance
2021-11-05
Citation
Experiments in Fluids: experimental methods and their applications to fluid flow, 2021, 62 (12), pp.1-12
ISSN
0723-4864
Publisher
Springer
Start Page
1
End Page
12
Journal / Book Title
Experiments in Fluids: experimental methods and their applications to fluid flow
Volume
62
Issue
12
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2021
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Engineering, Mechanical
Mechanics
Engineering
VISUALIZATION
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 247
Date Publish Online
2021-11-20