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标题：Pressure fluctuation and flow pattern of a mixed-flow pump with different blade tip clearances under cavitation condition
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作者：Yun Xu ; Lei Tan ; Yabin Liu 等
期刊名称：Advances in Mechanical Engineering
印刷版ISSN：1687-8140
电子版ISSN：1687-8140
出版年度：2017
卷号：9
期号：4
DOI：10.1177/1687814017696227
语种：English
出版社：Sage Publications Ltd.
摘要：Cavitation phenomenon has strong transient characteristics and is highly influenced by geometric structure. In this study, the cavitation performance with influence of blade tip clearance for a mixed-flow pump is studied using the renormalization group (RNG) k–ε turbulence model and the Zwart–Gerber–Belamri cavitation model. The dominant frequency and maximum amplitude values at non-cavitation condition and different cavitation conditions are compared and associated with flow field features. The results show that the dominant frequency value under incipient cavitation and critical cavitation is 3.2f_i and when the cavitation is severe, the frequency value changes to 3.5f_i. Then, the influence of tip clearance width on cavitation performance of the mixed-flow pump is also discussed. The results show that the increase in tip clearance will significantly aggravate the performance drop of the pump under cavitation conditions. The critical net positive suction head value increases in 4.79% of the value under no-tip clearance condition. At the same time, by the inner flow field observation and analysis, the morphological of cavitation bubbles is also changed, and the cavitation bubbles tend to attach to the blade suction side and the attachment length increases as the tip clearance increases.
关键词：Mixed-flow pump; cavitation performance; blade tip clearance; numerical simulation