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Výpočetní analýza potenciálu kavitační eroze v hydraulickém stroji
Sedlář, M. ; Zima, Patrik ; Müller, M.
The paper describes a new model for efficient modeling of water cavitation erosion potential in turbulent cavitating flow. The number and size of the cavitation nuclei in the inlet flow are predicted empirically or experimentally using the acoustic spectrometer. The bubble dynamics is described using the Rayleigh-Plesset equation along the flow streamlines obtained from the 3D RANS equations. The model of the erosion potential is based on the estimation of the energy dissipated by the collapses of the cavitating bubbles. The paper also describes the experiment carried out in the cavitation tunnel in the SIGMA R&D Institute. The CFD model is tested for 2D and 3D geometry. It is shown that the erosion potential of the first collapses is several orders higher than the potential of the subsequent collapses. The numerically determined location and magnitude of the first collapses are compared with the photographs of the erosion pattern. The agreement for the tested cases is very good.

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