Evaluation of a Filter-Based Model for Computations of Cavitating Flows

Author: Biao Huang   Guo-Yu Wang  

Publisher: IOP Publishing

ISSN: 0256-307X

Source: Chinese Physics Letters, Vol.28, Iss.2, 2011-02, pp. : 26401-26404

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Abstract

To identify ways to improve the predictive capability of the current RANS-based cavitating turbulent closure, a filter-based model (FBM) is introduced by considering sub-filter stresses. The sub-filter stress is constructed directly by using the filter size and the conventional turbulence closure. The model is evaluated in steady cavitating flow over a blunt body revolution and unsteady cavitating flow around a Clark-Y hydrofoil respectively. Compared with the experimental data, those results indicate that FBM can be used to improve the predictive capability considerably.