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Table 2 Cavitation CFD settings

From: Influence of Charging Oil Condition on Torque Converter Cavitation Characteristics

Analysis type

Steady-state/transient

Vapour properties

ρv = 2.1 kg·m−3, μv = 1.2e−5 Pa·s

Saturation pressure(Pa)

110

Volume fraction of the nucleation site

5e−4

Initial bubble radius(m)

1e−6

Convergence target

RMS 1e−5

Interface model

Frozen rotor/transient rotor-stator

Time step(s)

1e−4

Charging oil inlet

Opening boundary

Fvap

50

Fcond

0.01

fnuc

5e−4

RB(m)

1e−6