Passive Cavitation Mitigation on Hydrofoils via Porous Media: A Comparative Study of LES and RANS Models

2025/05/26 by Alavi, Ali, Ghasemnezhad, Maziyar, Sangtarash, Ali +1
#FOS: Physical sciences #Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2505.20226

Abstract

This study numerically investigates the use of porous media as a passive strategy for mitigating cavitation on a NACA 66 (MOD) hydrofoil subjected to unsteady two-phase flow.

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