The effect of leading-edge droop on the performance of cavitating hydrofoil in an oscillating environment

Abstract

The hydrodynamics of cavitating hydrofoil in oscillating motion are important in the aspect of the performance and hydro-elasticity of the control surface of the ship. The effect of leading-edge droop is numerically studied in the oscillating hydrofoil with cavitation. A two-phase incompressible Navier—Stokes solver is used to compute the cavitation flow. The hydrodynamic performance of the baseline hydrofoil is compared with that of the fixed droop and the variable droop hydrofoil. The droop models delay the separation behind the sheet cavitation near the maximum angle of attack. When the pitch goes down, the drooped models suppress the collapse of the sheet cavitation. Therefore, they result in the improved hydrodynamic performance against the baseline model through the oscillation cycle. Among the three hydrofoils, the variable droop showed the smallest change of the lift-to-drag ratio.

Keywords

cavitation leading-edge droop hydrofoil performance

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