TY - GEN
T1 - Numerical analysis of cavitating hydrofoils inside a numerical wave tank
AU - Bal, Sakir
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - This paper addresses the steady cavitating flows around three-dimensional hydrofoils inside a numerical wave tank (NWT) by an iterative boundary element method. The integral equation based on Green's theorem is divided into five parts: cavitating hydrofoil part, free surface part, right wall of tunnel, left wall of tunnel and bottom surface of tunnel. These five problems are solved separately, with the effects of one on the others being accounted for in an iterative manner. The method is applied to a rectangular cavitating hydrofoil and the effects of walls of NWT on wave elevations and cavity characteristics are discussed.
AB - This paper addresses the steady cavitating flows around three-dimensional hydrofoils inside a numerical wave tank (NWT) by an iterative boundary element method. The integral equation based on Green's theorem is divided into five parts: cavitating hydrofoil part, free surface part, right wall of tunnel, left wall of tunnel and bottom surface of tunnel. These five problems are solved separately, with the effects of one on the others being accounted for in an iterative manner. The method is applied to a rectangular cavitating hydrofoil and the effects of walls of NWT on wave elevations and cavity characteristics are discussed.
KW - Cavitating hydrofoils
KW - Free surface
KW - Iterative boundary element method
KW - Numerical wave tank
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:36448987306
SN - 1880653664
SN - 9781880653661
T3 - Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference
SP - 326
EP - 333
BT - Proceedings of The Sixteenth 2006 International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2006
T2 - 16th 2006 International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2006
Y2 - 28 May 2006 through 2 June 2006
ER -