Numerical simulation on turbulent flow field in convergentdiveroent nozzle

Because of the complication of turbulence’s mechanism and law as well as thejet pressure in nozzle is difficult to test by experiment, five turbulent models were appliedto numerically simulate the turbulent flow field in convergent-divergent nozzle. Theoryanalysis and experiment results of mass flow rates conclude that the RNG к-з model is themost suitable model. The pressure distribution in the convergent-divergent nozzle was revealed by computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulating on the turbulent flow field underdifferent pressure conditions. The growing conditions of cavitation bubbles were shown;meanwhile, the phenomena in the experiment could be explained. The differential pressure between the upstream and downstream in nozzle throat section can improve thecavitating effect of cavitation water jet.