为了研究固体火箭发动机在封闭水域中工作时尾流场特性参数变化规律,建立三维空间模型,忽略重浮力等体积力及燃气与水之间的换热传质,采用Realizable k-ε湍流模型与VOF (Volume of fluid)多相流模型,针对试验水箱内固体发动机在不同水深条件下的工作过程进行数值模拟,获得尾流流场燃气射流形貌,以及水箱壁面受力与压强振荡规律。研究结果表明:三维空间模型的仿真结果与试验结果较为符合;燃气泡的形貌结构及尾流场特性参数变化在受限空间内分布呈非轴对称性;射流中心气路内部不稳定的激波运动宏观表现为射流界面的不稳定胀鼓和颈缩位置的后移;深水条件下试验水箱壁面靠近喷管出口位置承受压强幅值更大,高背压环境中水箱壁面更易受到局部低频小幅压强冲击。
A computational model is established to investigate the effects of a periodic gust flow on the wake structure of ventilated supercavities.The effectiveness of the computational model is validated by comparing with available experimental data.Benefited from this numerical model,the vertical velocity characteristics in the entire flow field can be easily monitored and analyzed under the action of a gust generator;further,the unsteady evolution of the flow parameters of the closed region of the supercavity can be captured in any location.To avoid the adverse effects of mounting struts in the experiments and to obtain more realistic results,the wake structure of a ventilated supercavity without mounting struts is investigated.Unsteady changes in the wake morphology and vorticity distribution pattern of the ventilated supercavity are determined.The results demonstrate that the periodic swing of the gust generator can generate a gust flow and,therefore,generate a periodic variation of the ventilated cavitation numberσ.At the peakσ,a re-entrant jet closure appears in the wake of the ventilated supercavity.At the valleyσ,a twin-vortex closure appears in the wake of the ventilated supercavity.For the forward facing model,the twin vortex appears as a pair of centrally rolled-up vortices,due to the closure of vortex is affected by the structure.For the backward facing model,however,the twin vortex appears alternately as a pair of centrally rolled-up vortices and a pair of centrally rolled-down vortices,against the periodic gust flow.
