简介：TheaddedresistanceofKVLCC2inshortandregularheadwaveshasbeenstudiedtheoreticallyandexperimentally.Modeltestsareperformedtodeterminehowwelltheasymptoticformula(Faltinsenetal.1980)predictsthetypicallevelofaddedresistanceinshortwaves.Becausetheasymptoticformulaneglectstheeffectsofshipmotions,itiscombinedwiththeoreticalmethodstocalculatetheaddedresistanceinlongwavesusinganfunctiontopredicttheaddedresistanceintheintermediatewavelengthregionwherebothshipmotionsandwavereflectionareimportant.Auniquefeatureofthisexperimentisthattheshipmodelisdividedintothreesegmentstoexploretheaddedresistancedistributionwithrespecttohullsegment.Thispaperdiscussesthesensitivityofexperimentalresultstothequalityoftheincidentregularheadwaves.Moreover,anovelprocedureforanalyzingaddedresistanceisdescribed.Finally,theexperimentallydeterminedaddedresistanceofKVLCC2iscomparedwiththeoreticalresults.Itisshownthattheaddedresistancefromthecombinedtheoreticalmethodsagreeswellwithexperimentalresultsinboththeintermediateandshortwaveregions.Theuseofhullsegmentsshowsthataddedresistanceisconcentratedprimarilyatthebow.

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简介：Whenabodynavigateswithcavityinshallowwater,bothflexiblefreesurfaceandrigidbottomwallwillproducegreatinfluencesonthecavityshapeandhydrodynamicperformances,andfurtheraffectthemotionattitudeandstabilityofthebody.Inthepresentwork,characteristicsofthenaturalcavitatingflowarounda2-Dsymmetricalwedgeinshallowwaterwereinvestigatedandtheinfluencesoftwotypeboundariesontheflowpatternwereanalyzed.TheVolumeOfFluid(VOF)multiphaseflowmethodwhichissuitableforfreesurfaceproblemswasutilized,coupledwithanaturalcavitationmodeltodealwiththemass-transferprocessbetweenliquidandvaporphases.Withintherangeofthecavitationnumberforcomputation(0.07-1.81),thecavityconfigurationswouldbedividedintothreetypes,viz.,stabletype,transitiontypeandwake-vortextype.Inthisarticle,theshapesofthefreesurfaceandthecavitysurface,andthehydrodynamicperformanceofthewedgewerediscussedundertheconditionsofrelativelysmallcavitationnumber(<0.256).Thepresentnumericalcavitylengthsgenerallyaccordwithexperimentaldata.Whenthecavitationnumberwasdecreased,thecavitywasfoundtobecomelongerandthicker,andthescopeofthedeformationofthefreesurfacealsograduallyextends.Thefreesurfaceandtheuppercavitysurfacecorrespondfairlytotheirshapes.However,thelowersideofthecavitysurfacewasratherleveledduetotheinfluenceofwallboundary.Theliftanddragcoefficientsofthis2-Dwedgebasicallykeeplinearrelationswiththenaturalcavitationnumbersmallerthan0.157,whereasdirectproportionfordragandinverseproportionforlift.

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简介：Amethodispresentedtodeterminesignificantfrequenciesofoscillationsofcavitationstructuresfromhigh-speedcamerarecordingsofaflowarounda2-Dhydrofoil.ThetopviewofthesuctionsideofanNACA2412hydrofoilisstudiedinatransparenttestsectionofacavitationtunnelforselectedcloudcavitationregimeswithstrongoscillationsinducedbytheleading-edgecavityshedding.Theabilityofthemethodtoaccuratelydeterminethedominantoscillationfrequenciesisconfirmedbypressuremeasurements.Themethodcanresolvesubtleflowcharacteristicsthatarenotvisibletothenakedeye.Themethodcanbeusedfornoninvasiveexperimentalstudiesofoscillationsincavitatingflowswithadequatevisualaccesswhenpressuremeasurementsarenotavailableorwhensuchmeasurementswoulddisturbtheflow.

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简介：Lid-drivenmixedconvectionhasbeengivenimmenseimportanceduetoitswiderangeofapplications.AT-shapedcavityisintroducedandpertinentparameterscontrollingmixedconvectionphenomenonareanalyzedinthispaper.Water-Al2O3nanofluidisconsideredinsidethecavitytoaugmentheattransferrate.Galerkinweightedresidualmethodoffiniteelementanalysisisappliedforthenumericalsimulations.Numericalsolutionisobtainedfordifferentsolidvolumefractionsofnanofluid(?=0-0.15),Grashofnumbers(Gr=0.1?5000)andReynoldsnumbers(Re=0.31?1000)inlaminarflowregime.Specialattentionisgivenontheanalysisofflowatthepuremixedconvectionregime.ItisfoundthatGrashof,ReynoldsandRichardsonnumbersalongwithsolidvolumefractionofnanofluidhavesignificanteffectonheattransfercharacteristicsinsidethecavity.ResultsarepresentedusingstreamlineandisothermcontoursalongwithrelatedvariationofaverageNusseltnumbersoftheheatedwallandaveragefluidtemperatureinsidethecavity.