简介:Fishareabletomakegooduseofvortices.Inacomplexflowfield,manyfishcontinuetomaintainbothefficientcruisingandmaneuverability.Traditionalman-madepropulsionsystemsperformpoorlyincomplexflowfields.Withfish-likepropulsionsystems,itisimportanttopaymoreattentiontocomplexflowfields.Inthispaper,theinfluenceofvorticesonthehydrodynamicperformanceof2-Dflapping-foilswasinvestigated.Theflapping-foilheavedandpitchedundertheinfluenceofinflowvorticesgeneratedbyanoscillatingD-sectioncylinder.Anumericalsimulationwasrunbasedthefinitevolumemethod,usingthecomputationalfluiddynamics(CFD)softwareFLUENTwithReynolds-averagedNavier-Stokes(RANS)equationsapplied.Inaddition,dynamicmeshtechnologyandpostprocessingsystemswerealsofullyused.Thecalculationsshowedfourmodesofinteraction.Thehydrodynamicperformanceofflapping-foilswasanalyzedandtheresultscomparedwithexperimentaldata.Thisvalidatedthenumericalsimulation,confirmingthatflapping-foilscanincreaseefficiencybyabsorbingenergyfrominflowvortices.
简介:Foralargefloatingvesselinwaves,radiationdampingisnotanaccuratepredictionofthedegreeofrollunlikeotherdegreesoffreedommotion.Therefore,togettheknowledgeofrollmotionperformanceofdeepwaterpipelaycranevesselsandtokeepthevesselworkingsafety,thepaperpresentstherelationshipbetweenaseriesofdimensionlessrolldampingcoefficientsandtherollresponseamplitudeoperator(RAO).Byusingtwokindsofempiricaldata,therolldampingisestimatedinthecalculationflow.Aftergettingtherolldampingcoefficientfromthemodeltest,apredictionofrollmotioninregularwavesisevaluated.Accordingtothewaveconditionintheworkingregion,shorttermstatisticsofrollmotionarepresentedunderdifferentwaveparameters.Moreover,therelationshipbetweenthemaximalrollresponseleveltopeakspectralwaveperiodandtherolldampingcoefficientisinvestigated.Resultsmayprovidesomereferencetodesignandimprovethiskindofvessel.
简介:Inordertostudytheeffectsofgeometricparametersoftherudderonthehydrodynamicperformanceofthepropeller-ruddersystem,thesurfacepanelmethodisusedtobuildthenumericalmodelofthesteadyinteractionbetweenthepropellerandruddertoanalyzetherelevantfactors.Theinteractionbetweenthepropellerandrudderisconsideredthroughtheinducedvelocities,whicharecircumferentiallyaveraged,sotheunsteadyproblemistranslatedtosteadystate.Aniterativecalculationmethodisuseduntilthehydrodynamicperformanceconverges.Firstly,thehydrodynamicperformanceofthechosenpropeller-ruddersystemiscalculated,andthecomparisonbetweenthecalculatedresultsandtheexperimentaldataindicatesthatthecalculationprogramisreliable.Then,thevariableparametersofrudderareinvestigated,andthecalculationresultsshowthatthepropeller-rudderspacinghasanegativerelationshipwiththeefficiencyofthepropeller-ruddersystem,andtherudderspanhasanoptimalmatchrangewiththepropellerdiameter.Futhermore,therudderchordandthicknessbothhaveapositivecorrelationwiththehydrodynamicperformanceofthepropeller-ruddersystem.
简介:竖轴固定偏角直叶片潮流水轮机的自启动能力较差。文章根据模型试验的观测分析,利用Fluent软件模拟计算在不同水流速度下叶片在圆周不同位置时的潮流水轮机自启动性能,并与加装叶柵附体的水轮机进行比较,得出加装叶柵附体可以提高水轮机的自启动性及水轮机的水动力性能。
简介:Inordertostudytheeffectsofwetcompressiononatransoniccompressor,afull3-Dsteadynumericalsimulationwascarriedoutundervaryingconditions.Differentinjectedwaterflowratesanddropletdiameterswereconsidered.Theeffectofwetcompressionontheshock,separatedflow,pressureratio,andefficiencywasinvestigated.Additionally,theeffectofwetcompressiononthetipclearancewhenthecompressorrunsinthenear-stallandstallsituationswasemphasized.Analysisoftheresultsshowsthattherangeofstableoperationisextended,andthatthepressureratioandinletairflowratearealsoincreasedatthenear-stallpoint.Inaddition,itseemsthatthereisanoptimumsizeofthedropletdiameter.
简介:Rigidblockingmassesarelocatedinthetypicalbasestructureofapowercabinbasedontheimpedancemismatchprinciple.Bycombiningtheacoustic-structuralcouplingmethodandstatisticalenergyanalysis,thefull-bandvibrationandsoundradiationreductioneffectofvibrationisolationmasseslocatedinabasestructurewasresearched.Theinfluenceoftheblockingmass’cross-sectionsizeandshapeparametersandthelayoutlocationofthebaseisolationperformancewasdiscussed.Furthermore,theeffectivenessofrigidvibrationisolationdesignofthebasestructurewasvalidated.Theresultsshowthatthemediumandhighfrequencyvibrationandsoundradiationofapowercabinareeffectivelyreducedbyablockingmass.Concerningweightincrementandsectionrequirement,suitablyincreasingtheblockingmasssizeandsectionheightandreducingsectionwidthcanresultinanefficiency-costratio.
简介:Inordertostudycavitationcharacteristicsofa2-Dhydrofoil,themethodthatcombinesnonlinearcavitationmodelandmixed-iterationisusedtopredictandanalyzethecavitationperformanceofhydrofoils.ThecavitationelementsarenonlinearlydisposedbasedontheGreenformulaandperturbationpotentialpanelmethod.Atthesametime,themethodthatcombinescavityshapeforfixedcavitylength(CSCL)iterationandcavityshapeforfixedcavitationnumber(CSCN)iterationisusedtoworkoutthethicknessandlengthofhydrofoilcavitations.Throughanalysisofcalculationresults,itcanbeconcludedthatthejumpofpressureandvelocitypotentiallyexistbetweencavitationendareaandnon-cavitationsareaonsuctionsurfacewhencavitationoccursonhydrofoil.Incertainanglesofattack,thecavitationnumberhasanegativeimpactonthelengthofcavitations.Andunderthesameangleofattackandcavitationnumber,thebiggerthethicknessofthehydrofoil,theshorterthecavitationslength.
简介:TheReynolds-averagedNavier-Stokes(RANS)method,alongwiththeFluentsoftwarepackage,wasusedtostudythesteadyandunsteadyinteractionofpropellersandrudderswithadditionalthrustfins.Theslidingmeshmodelwasemployedtosimulateunsteadyinteractionsbetweentheblades,therudderandthethrustfins.Basedonthenumericalresults,thepressuredistributiononthepropellerandtheefficiencyofthefinswerecalculatedasafunctionoftheattackangle.TheRANSresultswerecomparedwithresultscalculatedbythepotentialmethod.ItwasfoundthattheresultsforthepotentialmethodandtheRANSmethodhavegoodconsistency,buttheyyieldmaximumefficienciesforthefins,andthuscorrespondingattackangles,thatarenotidentical.