Influence of attack angle on ventilated supercavitating flow at high Froude number condition

Abstract

To study the influence of attack angle on ventilated supercavitating flow, a numerical model is established to simulate the supercavitation flow by using the inhomogeneous multiphase flow model and the SST k-ω turbulence model. And then, the model is verified and validated by comparing with the experimental results. The effect of attack angle on the profile of ventilated supercavity was numerically investigated over high Froude number. Results show that the attack angle causes the linear deviation of the ventilated supercavity axis, the deviation angle is in direct proportion to the attack angle, the deviation direction is opposite to the lift of the cavitator, and the deformation of the supercavity contour increases along the flow direction. The attack angle changes the gas flow structure inside the ventilated supercavity, causing the different deformation of the upper profile and lower profile. Under the condition of positive attack angle, the deformation of the lower profile of the supercavity generated by the disk cavitator is significantly greater than that of the upper profile.