The motion and acoustic radiation characteristics for cavitation in the compressible vortex fluid

Abstract

Based on the compressible fluid theory, the boundary integral equation is used to solve the motion law of cavitation in vortex flow within different surface pressure models. The time-domain sound pressure characteristics induced by cavitation in vortex field are obtained by the moving surface Kirchhoff formulation. With the surface discretion and coordinate transformation, the cavitation surfaces are treated as the moving deformable boundary and the acoustic source directly. The influence of vortex field parameters on motion and radiation of cavitation is analyzed. Results show that with the consideration of compression, the amplitude of cavitation's pulsation as well as the sound pressure will be decreased. In the vortex fluid, cavitation will be extended, necked and splitted, and may generate a jet in sub-bubbles. While the pressure is reduced in the fluid field, the maximum radius and length before splitting of the cavitation will be enlarged. The number of sub-bubbles will increase when the pressure is small in the fluid field. The directive property of cavitation is weak. And the splitting of cavitation will generate a great peak value of sound pressure. With the increase in vortex flux or the decrease in the cavity number, the period of the cavitation oscillation and its radiation sound pressure are elongated, and the peak of sound pressure is retarded and reduced. The results in this paper could be used as the reference data for the research about the motion and sound radiation characteristics of cavitation in vortex fluid.