Condensation induced water hammer is one kind of water hammer caused by cavity collapse, which occurs frequently in engineering pipelines and can bring about enormous damage. Due to the vapor condensation, the form...Condensation induced water hammer is one kind of water hammer caused by cavity collapse, which occurs frequently in engineering pipelines and can bring about enormous damage. Due to the vapor condensation, the formation and collapse of cavity are transient and of two phase character. In order to simulate the process of cavity formation and collapse, a physical model is suggested. In the model, the cavity boundary is treated as free surface of a calculating field. A numerical solution of the Navier Stokes equation is obtained by using a modified VOF (volume of fluid) method, in which the vapor condensation is considered. With the method, formation and collapse of the cavity are described, and the highest pressure is acquired. The numerical simulation results coincide with experimental results.展开更多
文摘Condensation induced water hammer is one kind of water hammer caused by cavity collapse, which occurs frequently in engineering pipelines and can bring about enormous damage. Due to the vapor condensation, the formation and collapse of cavity are transient and of two phase character. In order to simulate the process of cavity formation and collapse, a physical model is suggested. In the model, the cavity boundary is treated as free surface of a calculating field. A numerical solution of the Navier Stokes equation is obtained by using a modified VOF (volume of fluid) method, in which the vapor condensation is considered. With the method, formation and collapse of the cavity are described, and the highest pressure is acquired. The numerical simulation results coincide with experimental results.
