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In order to develop an understanding of the flow conditions in Vortex Pumps, numerical investigations (commercial URANSE-CFD-Solver ANSYS CFX, Volume-of-Fluid Rayleigh-Plesset cavitation model, eight impeller revolutions) and experimental investigations (High-Speed Exposures of the cavitation clouds through acrylic glass window) have been carried out. A further objective was to investigate the URANSE-CFD method using the mentioned cavitation model regarding numerical stability and accuracy.
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Steinmann, A., Wurm, H. & Otto, A. Numerical and experimental investigations of the unsteady cavitating flow in a vortex pump. J Hydrodyn 22 (Suppl 1), 319–324 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1001-6058(09)60213-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1001-6058(09)60213-4