Flow Characterization of the Delft Multiphase Flow Tunnel
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| author | Nikolaidou, Lina Laskari, Angeliki van Terwisga, Tom Poelma, Christian |
| author_facet | Nikolaidou, Lina Laskari, Angeliki van Terwisga, Tom Poelma, Christian |
| contents | At the end of 2020, a new cavitation tunnel was commissioned at the Ship Hydrodynamics laboratory of TU Delft, replacing its 1960s predecessor. Since this was a new facility, a flow characterization campaign was performed to investigate the flow quality in the test section. To that end, velocity measurements were performed in the test section using Laser Doppler Anemometry. Velocities in the range of 2.13 m/s to 9 m/s were measured and a linear relation was found between the freestream velocity and the rotational frequency of the thruster. Long term measurements at the center of the test section, did not reveal any large scale fluctuations of the mean velocity. The freestream turbulence intensity was found to lie between 0.5% - 0.6% throughout the test section, after removing the measurement noise. Local measurements in various planes in the test section confirmed that the flow is uniform ($u_{local}< U_{\infty} \times 1\%$), with few outliers near the side walls, due to the turbulent boundary layer. Finally, preliminary measurements of the turbulent boundary layer (TBL) indicated that the TBL originates upstream of the test section and its growth is not strictly canonical. Smaller TBL thickness was found in the side wall compared to the top wall. |
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| spellingShingle | Flow Characterization of the Delft Multiphase Flow Tunnel Nikolaidou, Lina Laskari, Angeliki van Terwisga, Tom Poelma, Christian Fluid Dynamics At the end of 2020, a new cavitation tunnel was commissioned at the Ship Hydrodynamics laboratory of TU Delft, replacing its 1960s predecessor. Since this was a new facility, a flow characterization campaign was performed to investigate the flow quality in the test section. To that end, velocity measurements were performed in the test section using Laser Doppler Anemometry. Velocities in the range of 2.13 m/s to 9 m/s were measured and a linear relation was found between the freestream velocity and the rotational frequency of the thruster. Long term measurements at the center of the test section, did not reveal any large scale fluctuations of the mean velocity. The freestream turbulence intensity was found to lie between 0.5% - 0.6% throughout the test section, after removing the measurement noise. Local measurements in various planes in the test section confirmed that the flow is uniform ($u_{local}< U_{\infty} \times 1\%$), with few outliers near the side walls, due to the turbulent boundary layer. Finally, preliminary measurements of the turbulent boundary layer (TBL) indicated that the TBL originates upstream of the test section and its growth is not strictly canonical. Smaller TBL thickness was found in the side wall compared to the top wall. |
| title | Flow Characterization of the Delft Multiphase Flow Tunnel |
| topic | Fluid Dynamics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14003 |