The hysteresis effect of pitching hydrofoil in uniform and non-uniform incoming flow are investigated theoretically and numerically. The numerical method is validated through the experimental results under steady uniform conditions. It has been shown that the simulation can capture the hysteresis effect of pitching hydrofoil. The added force caused by the pitching motion is an important factor of hysteresis phenomenon. When the sinusoidal periodical perturbations of incoming flow are carried, the hysteresis loop of lift coefficient curve are enlarged. According to the variation of the incoming flow, the lift coefficient curve are divided into four stages: S1(α+=5.0°∼α+=10.0°), S2(α+=10.0°∼α+=15.0°), S3(α-=15.0°∼α-=10.0°) and S4(α-=10.0°∼α-=5.0°). The flow structure and corresponding hydrodynamics of four stages under uniform and non-uniform conditions are compared and analyzed. Due to the non-uniform incoming velocity, the positive added lift increases in S1 stage and declines in S4 stage, thus leading to the increase of hysteresis loop. For the S2 stage, the “+” TEV is advanced because of the variational incoming flow. In S3 stage, the formation and development mode of “-” TEV are changed.
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