Cavitation

Over the years we have tried to carry out LES of cavitating flows with a focus on turbulence-cavitation interactions.  Flows have included free-jets, venturi nozzles, and mixing layers.  A few animations can be seen below.

Reboud3D-anim

Click on above for video of LES of cavitation in the Reboud et al. venturi nozzle

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