Modeling of Cavitating Flow through Waterjet Propulsors

Abstract

An axial flow waterjet in water tunnel test configuration has been modeled using both fully un-steady full annulus modeling and a powering iteration methodology. The unsteady results are promising but require more integration and investigation before strong conclusions regarding any un-steady phenomenon may be drawn.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 18, 2015
Accession Number
ADA621898

Entities

People

  • Jules W. Lindau

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Axial Flow
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Flow
  • Flow Rate
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Iterations
  • Mechanical Phenomena
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Simulations
  • Three Dimensional
  • United States
  • Water Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Marine Hydrodynamics