Numerical study of expansion tube problems: Toward the simulation of cavitation

Eric Goncalvès da Silva (1)

1 LEGI - Laboratoire des Écoulements Géophysiques et Industriels [Grenoble]

A compressible, multiphase, one-fluid inviscid solver has been developed to investigate the behaviour of various cavitation models. A new source term for the mass transfer between phases is proposed. A range of models from three to five equations is compared. Numerical simulations are performed on rarefaction problems and compared with reference solutions.

Domaines: Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]; Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]

Eric Goncalvès da Silva. Numerical study of expansion tube problems: Toward the simulation of cavitation. Computers and Fluids, 2013, 72, pp.1-19. ⟨10.1016/j.compfluid.2012.11.019⟩. ⟨hal-00767725⟩