Numerical Simulation of the Nozzle with Self-Oscillating Flow Using the VOF Model

Abstract

The jet water shape of the nozzle will become a self-oscillating shape, if the triangle and U shape models are made into the normal nozzle. Using the VOF model , the jet shape of the nozzle will be simulated through a commercial CFD software 'FLUENT'. The VOF model (Volume of Fluid) is a surface-tracking technique applied to a fixed Eulerian mesh. It is designed for two or more immiscible fluids where the position of the interface between the fluids is of interest. The CFD simulation results shows that the jet shape of the nozzle is oscillate in a fixed period.