Journal
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
Volume 838, Issue -, Pages 148-164Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2017.885
Keywords
cavitation; drops and bubbles; vortex dynamics
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- MSCA-ITN-ETN of EU H2020 programme, under REA [642536]
- US Department of Energy (DOE) [53697]
- Lloyd's Register Foundation
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High-speed X-ray phase-contrast imaging of the cavitating flow developing within an axisymmetric throttle orifice has been conducted using high-flux synchrotron radiation. A white X-ray beam with energy of 6 keV was utilized to visualize the highly turbulent flow at 67 890 frames per second with an exposure time of 347 ns. The working medium employed was commercial diesel fuel at flow conditions characterized by Reynolds and cavitation numbers in the range of 18 000-35 500 and 1.6-7.7, respectively. Appropriate post-processing of the obtained side-view radiographs enabled the detailed illustration of the interface topology of the arising vortical cavity. In addition, the visualization temporal and spatial resolution allowed the correlation of the prevailing flow conditions to the periodicity of cavitation onset and collapse, to the magnitude of the underlying vortical motion, as well as to the local turbulence intensity.
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