On suitable CFD setups for cavitation dynamics

Abstract In the current work, cavitating simulations were carried out with different setups including mesh resolutions, time steps, RANS and IDDES turbulence models to investigate their influence on cavitation dynamics. The conducted for Delft Twist hydrofoil, which comprehensive experimental data is available. open-source CFD solver OpenFoam adopted because further model improvement straightforward. hydrodynamics, cavity volume, shedding frequency are compared between simulations. It found that a good hydrodynamics by far not enough obtain appropriate plays prominent role work provides valuable reference choosing suitable simulate