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The Karman vortex street is a common flow phenomenon. In hydraulic machinery, it is usually located downstream of the guide vanes and the runner blades, which reduces hydraulic performance and may also cause fatigue damage to the structure. The latest research suggested that the difference in velocity gradient on each side of the blade trailing edge may have a significant impact on the strength of the wake vortex. The current work aims to verify the above conclusion and further explore the influence of asymmetry of flow velocity on the wake vortex. A numerical model with the velocity ratio, α, between the two sides of the hydrofoil as the only variable was designed, and the wake characteristics were solved by a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method based on the finite volume. The unsteady Reynolds-average Navier–Stokes (URANS) equations were numerically solved by coupling with a transitional shear-stress transport (SST) turbulence model. The results showed that with the increase of α, the vortex shedding frequency decreased first, and then increased after reaching the critical velocity ratio αc1 ≈ 1.4. The vortex intensity first gradually decreased, and the vortex street suddenly disappeared after reaching the critical velocity ratio αc2 ≈ 2.2. The value of αc1 was affected by the thickness of the trailing edge, and αc2 was affected by the thickness and the Reynolds number. Besides, the asymmetry of the flow velocity also affected the effectiveness of the trailing-edge trimming. This research can provide references for the design of hydraulic machinery and other submerged structures.

Numerical Investigation on the Effect of Asymmetry of Flow Velocity on the Wake Vortex of Hydrofoils