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The influence of fluid–structure interaction on cloud cavitation about a stiff hydrofoil. Part 1.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2020

Samuel M. Smith*
Affiliation:
Australian Maritime College, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS 7250, Australia
James A. Venning
Affiliation:
Australian Maritime College, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS 7250, Australia
Bryce W. Pearce
Affiliation:
Australian Maritime College, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS 7250, Australia
Yin Lu Young
Affiliation:
Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbour, MI 48109, USA
Paul A. Brandner
Affiliation:
Australian Maritime College, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS 7250, Australia
*
†Email address for correspondence: ssmith18@utas.edu.au

Abstract

The physics associated with various cavitation regimes about a hydrofoil is investigated in a variable-pressure water tunnel using high-speed photography and synchronised force measurements. Experiments were conducted on a relatively stiff stainless steel hydrofoil at a chord-based Reynolds number, $Re=0.8\times 10^{6}$ for cavitation numbers, $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$, ranging from 0.2 to 1.2, with the hydrofoil experiencing sheet, cloud and supercavitation regimes. The NACA0009 model of tapered planform was vertically mounted in a cantilevered configuration to a six-component force balance at an incidence, $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}$, of $6^{\circ }$ to the oncoming flow. Tip deformations and cavitation behaviour were recorded with synchronised force measurements utilising two high-speed cameras mounted underneath and to the side of the test section. Break-up and shedding of an attached cavity was found to be due to either interfacial instabilities, re-entrant jet formation, shockwave propagation or a complex coupled mechanism, depending on $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$. Three primary shedding modes are identified. The Type IIa and IIb re-entrant jet-driven oscillations exhibit a non-linear dependence on $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$, decreasing in frequency with decreasing $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$ due to growth in the cavity length, and occur at higher $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$ values (Type IIa: 0.4–1.0; Type IIb: 0.7–0.9). Shockwave-driven Type I shedding occurs for lower $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$ values (0.3–0.6) with the oscillation frequency being practically independent of $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$. The Type IIa oscillations locked in to the first sub-harmonic of the hydrofoil’s first bending mode in water which has been modulated due to the reduced added mass of the vapour cavity. Supplementary movies are available with the online version of the paper.

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Figure 1. Cloud cavitation about a finite-span stainless steel hydrofoil exhibiting multiple shedding events along the span due to the re-entrant jet instability and spanwise compatibility of the cavitation. The hydrofoil is vertically mounted at an incidence of $6^{\circ }$ to the flow with $Re=0.8\times 10^{6}$ and $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}=0.7$.

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Figure 2. Experimental set-up whereby the hydrofoil is attached to a force balance and mounted vertically on the test section ceiling. Cavitation behaviour and tip deflections were recorded using high-speed photography utilising two Phantom v2640 high-speed cameras mounted on the side and below the test section, respectively.

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Figure 3. Hydrofoil model assembly showing an exploded view of the clamping housing arrangement that allows continuity of the model.

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Figure 4. Coordinate system used for both the forces and tip deflection of the hydrofoil (a) is located at the mid-chord along the centreline. The deformed hydrofoil tip is represented by the dotted outline where the tip bending displacement, $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}$, is measured by taking the mean displacement of the profile edge perpendicular to the centreline at the zero-load case. The tip twist deflection, $\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}$, is the rotation of the profile centreline from the zero-load case. A schematic of the hydrofoil’s tapered planform (b) shows the coordinate system used in the analysis of the cavitation behaviour (e.g. cavity length) is located at the leading edge of the root chord.

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Table 1. First mode frequencies in bending of the NACA0009 stainless steel hydrofoil for various conditions as reported by Clarke et al. (2014). The in water (fully wetted) measurements were made using digital image correlation (DIC) and force measurements and the in air using impact/accelerometer.

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Table 2. Test matrix for the various run types detailing the $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$ range, run duration, $T$, high-speed photography frame rate, $f_{HSP}$, and force balance sampling rate, $f_{FB}$. The Long acquisition periods provided high-resolution loading behaviour with $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$. Due to camera storage limitations, simultaneous force measurement and high-resolution imaging of the cavitation behaviour and tip deflections was obtained with the Medium and Short run types, respectively.

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Figure 5. Photographs of the hydrofoil with different cavitation regimes through the range of $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$ below inception. The hydrofoil first experiences stable sheet cavitation ($1.1\leqslant \unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}<1.2$), with development of re-entrant jet-driven cloud cavitation as $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$ is reduced ($0.4\leqslant \unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}\leqslant 1.0$). With a further reduction in $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$, with cavity length extending to the trailing edge, upstream propagating condensation shockwaves become the dominant mechanism for shedding ($0.3\leqslant \unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}<0.4$). For $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}<0.3$, the cavity envelopes the hydrofoil (supercavitation) and the break-up region is downstream of the trailing-edge.

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Table 3. Summary of the cavitation modes experienced by the hydrofoil for the $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$ range tested. As $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$ is reduced from 1.2, the hydrofoil first starts experiencing the re-entrant-driven Type IIa mode at $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}=1.0$ with the Type IIb becoming active shortly after at $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}=0.9$. Further reduction in $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$ sees the disappearance of the Type IIb mode below 0.7 with the shockwave-driven Type I mode becoming active at $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}=0.6$. The Type IIa mode remains active along with the Type I mode down to $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}=0.4$ before disappearing, resulting solely shockwave-driven shedding at $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}=0.3$. Supercavitation is reached at $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}=0.2$ where no cavitation modes are active.

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Figure 6. Maximum attached cavity length, $L_{c}$, as a function of $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$, for four spanwise positions. The cavity length is the average length at cavity break-off, and is non-dimensionalised by the local chord, $c$, at each position. The cavity growth is continuous as $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$ is reduced.

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Figure 7. Mean (blue) and standard deviation (orange) of the normal force ($C_{N}$), pitching moment ($C_{P}$), location of the centre of pressure ($x_{cop}/\bar{c}$) and tip displacement ($\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}/\bar{c}$) at various $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$ where $^{\prime }$ indicates the standard deviation of the time-varying quantity. The results show the effect of various cavitation regimes revealing unique characteristics in the steady and unsteady components.

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Figure 8. Spectrogram of the normal force for a range of $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$ showing the global unsteady behaviour. The results highlight the shockwave-driven Type I shedding frequency is predominantly independent of $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$ while the re-entrant jet-driven Type IIa and IIb shedding modes are highly dependent on $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$. The natural frequency of the hydrofoil in air, $St_{n\hspace{2.22198pt}air}$, and fully wetted, $St_{n}$, are indicated by two horizontal dashed lines.

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Figure 9. PSD of the normal force (blue) and tip displacement (orange) time series at selected $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$. The various spectra show the peak frequencies shift as $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$ varies with both the normal force and tip displacement exhibiting similar spectral characteristics across the selected $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$ values. Note that the vertical scales vary (by orders of magnitude) between the plots.

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Figure 10. Spectral POD intensity (red) and phase maps (coloured) of key modes for various $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$ highlighting regions of high activity at the frequencies of interest. The colour intensity distribution in each phase map is directly proportional to that of the corresponding intensity map. The spectral and spatial information aids in the identification of the mechanisms driving oscillations with phase maps providing the relative timing of each cycle.

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Figure 11. Spanwise space–time plot taken at $x/c_{root}=0.35$ shows the shedding small-scale vapour structures along the span due interfacial instabilities for $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}=1.1$. While there is evidence of periodic break-up, the influence on the forces and deflections are minimal.

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Figure 12. Spanwise space–time plot taken at $x/c_{root}=0.31$ for $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}=1.0$ shows the re-entrant jet instability around mid-span causing periodic shedding with its spatial distribution varying through time.

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Figure 13. Synchronised time series of the normal force ($C_{N}$) and the tip displacement ($\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}/\bar{c}$) (a) at $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}=0.8$ with the real value of the $C_{N}$ Morlet wavelet transform (b). The $St=0.41$ (purple) and $0.50$ (green) components of the wavelet transform (c) show the connection between the $C_{N}$ fluctuations and the Types IIa and IIb shedding events evident in the spanwise space–time plot taken at $x/c_{root}=0.5$ (d).

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Figure 14. Synchronised time series of the normal force ($C_{N}$) and tip displacement ($\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}/\bar{c}$) (a) at $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}=0.70$ with the real value of the Morlet wavelet transform for $C_{N}$ (b) followed by the $St=0.30$ (Type IIa, purple) and $0.488$ (Type IIb, green) components (c). Peaks in the two frequency components are seen to coincide with shedding events in the upper and lower portion of the span as shown in the spanwise space–time plot taken at $x/c_{root}=0.5$ (d).

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Figure 15. Synchronised time series of the normal force ($C_{N}$) and tip displacement ($\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}/\bar{c}$) (a) with the real value of the Morlet wavelet transform for $C_{N}$ (b) at $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}=0.6$. The hydrofoil experiences a relatively consistent $St=0.22$ oscillation due to the Type IIa shedding as shown in the spanwise space–time plot taken at $x/c_{root}=0.5$ (c). Irregular shedding of small-scale structures in the lower half of the span result in inconsistent and varying intensities at higher frequencies evident in the wavelet transform.

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Figure 16. Synchronised time series of the normal force ($C_{N}$) and tip displacement ($\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}/\bar{c}$) (a) and the real value of the Morlet wavelet transform for $C_{N}$ (b) at $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}=0.5$. The spanwise space–time plot (c) taken at $x/c_{root}=0.5$ reveals multiple shedding events along the span and the complex cavitation behaviour.

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Figure 17. Synchronised time series of the normal force ($C_{N}$) and tip displacement ($\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}/\bar{c}$) (a) at $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}=0.4$, showing strong correlation, with the real value of the Morlet wavelet transform for $C_{N}$ (b) highlighting the dominant $St=0.17$ oscillation. Spanwise space–time plot (c) taken at $x/c_{root}=0.5$ shows the alternating shedding behaviour.

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Figure 18. Real value of the Morlet wavelet transform for $C_{N}$ from the medium duration run at $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}=0.4$. The shockwave-driven low mode ($St\approx 0.11$) is not continuously apparent through time, only being evident in the range $2800\leqslant t^{\prime }\leqslant 2950$.

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Figure 19. Synchronised time series of the normal force ($C_{N}$) and tip displacement ($\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}/\bar{c}$) (a) at $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}=0.3$, showing strong correlation, with the real value of the Morlet wavelet transform for $C_{N}$ (b) highlighting the dominant $St=0.09$ oscillation. Spanwise (c) and chordwise (d,e) space–time plots taken at $x/c_{root}=0.5$ and $y/b=0.25$, respectively, reveal that each cycle consists of a growth phase (A), indicated by green lines, a stable phase (B) and a shockwave phase (C), indicated by red lines in the annotated version of the chordwise space–time (e).

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Figure 20. Spanwise space–time plots for various $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$ showing the spanwise cavity oscillation towards the tip of the hydrofoil. These oscillations are periodic and show a strong correlation with the tip displacement.

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Figure 21. PSD of the spanwise cavity oscillations compared to that of the $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}/\bar{c}$ showing similar spectral content at all $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$, indicating a strong correlation between the two.

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Smith et al. supplementary movie 1

At σ = 1.2, the hydrofoil is seen to experience sheet cavitation where the attached cavity is confined to a small portion of the chord towards the leading edge with length of Lc/c ~ 0.2. The cavity is broken-up into small scale structures driven primarily by inter-facial instabilities such as Kelvin-Helmholtz driven spanwise vorticity lines and turbulent transition.

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As σ is reduced to 1.0, cloud cavitation is seen to occur with the conditions allowing a re-entrant jet to form and reach the upstream extent of the cavity, causing periodic detachment and the formation of a cavitation cloud. This is seen to be confined to around the mid-span with only the detachment of small bubbly vortices occurring towards the spanwise extents.

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Multiple stable shedding modes form along the span of the hydrofoil as σ reaches 0.8 with the Type IIa mode shedding at St = 0.408 in the upper portion of the span (0.0 < y/b < 0.4), while the Type IIb mode sheds at St = 0.500 in the lower portion (0.6 < y/b < 0.8).

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Further reduction in σ to 0.7 sees the hydrofoil enter lock-in where the Type IIa shedding frequency matches a sub-harmonic of the hydrofoil leading to amplified structural excitations. The Type IIa shedding is seen to occur across majority of the span with only small broken-up clouds shed towards the tip.

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As σ reaches 0.6, the attached cavity now extends to the trailing edge of the hydrofoil with both re-entrant jet and shockwave instabilities present in the flow. The re-entrant jet can be seen slowing down as it approaches the upstream extent of the cavity, stalling before causing detachment. This leads to perturbations to form over the cavity, resulting in small-scale break-up generating a bubbly flow of high void-fraction. This preconditions the flow to allow shockwave propagation that cause the shedding of the cloud cavitation where the re-entrant jet instability drives the frequency that the shedding occurs.

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With σ reducing to 0.4, the cavity extends beyond the hydrofoil trailing edge with a re-entrant jet still forming but lacking momentum to reach the upstream extent of the cavity. The shockwave instability is prevalent in this condition which is characterized by alternate shedding from the upper and middle portion of the span with this sequence featuring an irregular shedding event in the lower portion.

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At σ = 0.3, the shedding is solely driven by shockwave propagation where a re-entrant jet still forms but lacks sufficient time and momentum to reach the upstream extent of the cavity. This results in the shockwave driving the shedding frequency at a rate of St = 0.091 where a cycle consists of a large-scale cloud is shed from the upper portion of the span, followed by two smaller scale clouds in quick succession.

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As σ reaches 0.2, the cavity grows to a length of Lc/c ~ 1.5, thus forming a supercavity. Closing far downstream of the trailing-edge with no strong adverse pressure gradient present, the supercavity becomes more stable than partial cavities as no substantial shedding mechanisms can form.

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