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Spatiotemporal Evolution of Gas in Transmission Fluid under Acoustic Cavitation Conditions

Authors :
Yongjin Wang
Yihong Chen
Xiaolu Li
Cangsu Xu
Wenjian Wei
Jinhui Zhao
Jie Jin
Francis Oppong
Source :
Applied Sciences, Vol 14, Iss 14, p 6233 (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2024.

Abstract

The presence of gas in transmission fluid can disrupt the flow continuity, induce cavitation, and affect the transmission characteristics of the system. In this work, a gas void fraction model of gas–liquid two-phase flow in a transmission tube is established by taking ISO 4113 test oil, air, and vapor to accurately predict the occurrence, development, and end process of the cavitation zone as well as the transient change in gas void fraction. This model is based on the conservative homogeneous flow model, considering the temperature change caused by transmission fluid compression, and cavitation effects including air cavitation, vapor cavitation, and pseudo-cavitation. In this model, the pressure term is connected by the state equation of the gas–liquid mixture and can be applied to the closed hydrodynamic equations. The results show that in the pseudo-cavitation zone, the air void fraction decreases rapidly with pressure increasing, while in the transition zone from pseudo-cavitation to air cavitation, the air void fraction grows extremely faster and then increases slowly with decreasing pressure. However, in the vapor cavitation zone, the vapor void fraction rises slowly, grows rapidly, and then decreases, which is consistent with the explanation that rarefaction waves induce cavitation and compression waves reduce cavitation.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20763417
Volume :
14
Issue :
14
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Applied Sciences
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.46f883435ec5414c99cc7902f67b16b0
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/app14146233