Juniper Publishers-Open Access Journal of Engineering Technology Abstract The present paper deals with a complete computational solution for non-cavitating and cavitating flow around symmetrical hydrofoil disposed of a winglet. First, the hydrodynamic characteristics of the hydrofoil were analyzed for different advance velocity values. Numerical investigations were carried out by imposing boundary conditions favoring the cavitation inception. In this application, the mean flow is described by the Reynolds equations which must be added to the Singhal cavitation model implemented in the code Fluent. The results confirm a cavitation inception on main parts of the hydrofoil namely: the wing and the wing-winglet junction. Keywords: Numerical simulation; Hydrofoil; Cavitation; Hydrodynamic coefficients; Fluent Introduction The main role of hydrofoil is to raise the hull of a boat out of the water and keep well dynamically to reduce the wave’s effect and diminish the power...
