Bubble Dynamics and Cavitation
Abstract
The first problem in the area of cavitation and bubble dynamics was solved by Rayleigh (1917). The case in which the medium filling the cavity is essentially a permanent, noncondensable gas is considered, taking into account small-amplitude oscillations, nonlinear oscillations, mass-diffusion effects, and acoustic cavitation and applications. The analysis of some features of the bubbles which are composed predominantly of vapor is also discussed, giving attention to the dynamics of a cavitation bubble, the growth of vapor bubbles, vapor-bubble collapse, and the behavior of vapor bubbles in oscillating pressure fields. The dynamics of nonspherical bubbles are also investigated
- Publication:
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Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
- Pub Date:
- 1977
- DOI:
- 10.1146/annurev.fl.09.010177.001045
- Bibcode:
- 1977AnRFM...9..145P
- Keywords:
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- Bubbles;
- Cavitation Flow;
- Fluid Dynamics;
- Liquid-Vapor Interfaces;
- Acoustic Excitation;
- Oscillating Flow;
- Pressure Oscillations;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer