Dynamics of laser-induced cavitation bubbles near two perpendicular rigid walls

2018 ◽  
Vol 841 ◽  
pp. 28-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emil-Alexandru Brujan ◽  
Tatsuya Noda ◽  
Atsushi Ishigami ◽  
Toshiyuki Ogasawara ◽  
Hiroyuki Takahira
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Vertical Wall ◽  
Bubble Surface ◽  
Bubble Collapse ◽  
High Speed Photography ◽  
Maximum Expansion ◽  
Toroidal Bubble ◽  
Horizontal Wall ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Rigid Walls

The behaviour of a laser-induced cavitation bubble near two perpendicular rigid walls and its dependence on the distance between bubble and walls is investigated experimentally. It was shown by means of high-speed photography with $100\,000~\text{frames}~\text{s}^{-1}$ that an inclined jet is formed during bubble collapse and the bubble migrates in the direction of the jet. At a given position of the bubble with respect to the horizontal wall, the inclination of the jet increases with decreasing distance between the bubble and the second, vertical wall. A bubble generated at equal distances from the walls develops a jet that is directed in their bisection. The penetration of the jet into the opposite bubble surface leads to the formation of an asymmetric toroidal bubble that is perpendicular to the jet direction. At a large distance from the rigid walls, the toroidal bubble collapses in the radial direction, eventually disintegrating into tiny microbubbles. When the bubble is in contact with the horizontal wall at its maximum expansion, the toroidal ring collapses in both radial and toroidal directions, starting from the bubble part opposite to the vertical wall, and the bubble achieves a crescent shape at the moment of second collapse. The bubble oscillation is accompanied by a strong migration along the horizontal wall.

Pulsed jets driven by two interacting cavitation bubbles produced at different times

2017 ◽  
Vol 819 ◽  
pp. 465-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Tomita ◽  
K. Sato
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Time Difference ◽  
Interaction Parameters ◽  
Bubble Collapse ◽  
High Speed Photography ◽  
Bubble Generation ◽  
Spray Formation ◽  
Cavitation Bubbles ◽  
Toroidal Bubble ◽  
Jet Impact

An experiment is performed using high-speed photography to elucidate the behaviours of jets formed by the interactions of two laser-induced tandem bubbles produced axisymmetrically for a range of dimensionless interaction parameters such as the bubble size ratio, $\unicode[STIX]{x1D709}$, the distance between the two cavitation bubbles, $l_{0}^{\ast }$, and the time difference in bubble generation, $\unicode[STIX]{x0394}\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}^{\ast }$. A strong interaction occurs for $l_{0}^{\ast }<1$. The first bubble produced (bubble A) deforms because of the rapid growth of the second bubble (bubble B) to create a pulsed conical jet, sometimes with spray formation at the tip, formed by the small amount of water confined between the two bubbles. This phenomenon is followed by bubble penetration, toroidal bubble collapse, and the subsequent fast contraction of bubble B accompanied by a fine jet. The formation mechanism of the conical jet is similar to that of a water spike developed in air from a deformed free surface of a single growing bubble; however, the pressures of the gases surrounding each type of jet differ. The jet behaviours can be controlled by manipulating the interaction parameters; the jet velocity is significantly affected by $\unicode[STIX]{x1D709}$ and $l_{0}^{\ast }$, but less so by $\unicode[STIX]{x0394}\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}^{\ast }$ for $\unicode[STIX]{x0394}\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}^{\ast }>\unicode[STIX]{x0394}\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}_{c}^{\ast }$ ($\unicode[STIX]{x0394}\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}_{c}^{\ast }$ being the critical birth-time difference). The optimum time of jet impact, at which bubble A reaches its maximum volume, depends on $\unicode[STIX]{x0394}\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}^{\ast }$. It is generally later for larger values of $\unicode[STIX]{x1D709}$. A pulsed jet could be used to create small pores in a cell membrane; therefore, the reported method may be useful for application in tandem-bubble sonoporation.

scholarly journals A Photographic Study of Spark-Induced Cavitation Bubble Collapse

1972 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
pp. 825-832 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Kling ◽  
F. G. Hammitt
Keyword(s):  
Cavitation Bubble ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Bubble Collapse ◽  
Solid Boundary ◽  
High Speed Photography ◽  
Minimum Volume ◽  
Cavitation Bubbles ◽  
Flowing System

The collapse of spark-induced cavitation bubbles in a flowing system was studied by means of high speed photography. The migration of cavitation bubbles toward a nearby solid boundary during collapse and rebound was observed. Near its minimum volume the bubble typically formed a high speed microjet, which struck the nearby surface causing individual damage craters on soft aluminum.

Growth and collapse of cavitation bubbles near a curved rigid boundary

2002 ◽  
Vol 466 ◽  
pp. 259-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. TOMITA ◽  
P. B. ROBINSON ◽  
R. P. TONG ◽  
J. R. BLAKE
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Integral ◽  
Bubble Collapse ◽  
Liquid Jet ◽  
High Speed Photography ◽  
Bubble Motion ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Rigid Boundary ◽  
Convex Boundary ◽  
Cavitation Bubbles ◽  
Toroidal Bubble

Laser-induced cavitation bubbles near a curved rigid boundary are observed experimentally using high-speed photography. An image theory is applied to obtain information on global bubble motion while a boundary integral method is employed to gain a more detailed understanding of the behaviour of a liquid jet that threads a collapsing bubble, creating a toroidal bubble. Comparisons between the theory and experiment show that when a comparable sized bubble is located near a rigid boundary the bubble motion is significantly influenced by the surface curvature of the boundary, which is characterized by a parameter ζ, giving convex walls for ζ < 1, concave walls for ζ > 1 and a flat wall when ζ = 1. If a boundary is slightly concave, the most pronounced migration occurs at the first bubble collapse. The velocity of a liquid jet impacting on the far side of the bubble surface tends to increase with decreasing parameter ζ. In the case of a convex boundary, the jet velocity is larger than that generated in the flat boundary case. Although the situation considered here is restricted to axisymmetric motion without mean flow, this result suggests that higher pressures can occur when cavitation bubbles collapse near a non-flat boundary. Bubble separation, including the pinch-off phenomenon, is observed in the final stage of the collapse of a bubble, with the oblate shape at its maximum volume attached to the surface of a convex boundary, followed by bubble splitting which is responsible for further bubble proliferation.

scholarly journals Numerical and Experimental Study of the Interaction of a Spark-Generated Bubble and a Vertical Wall

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arvind Jayaprakash ◽  
Georges Chahine ◽  
Chao-Tsung Hsiao
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Vertical Wall ◽  
Bubble Collapse ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Liquid Jet ◽  
Numerical Predictions ◽  
Jet Characteristics

An understanding of the fundamental mechanisms involved in the interaction between cavitation bubbles and structures is of importance for many applications involving cavitation erosion. Generally, the final stage of bubble collapse is associated with the formation of a high-speed reentrant liquid jet directed towards the solid surface. Local forces associated with the collapse of such bubbles can be very high and can exert significant loads on the materials. This formation and impact of liquid jet is an area of intense research. Under some conditions the presence of gravity and other nearby boundaries and free surfaces alters the jet direction and need to be understood, especially that in the laboratory, small scale tests in finite containers have these effects inherently present. In this work, experiments and numerical simulations of the interaction between a vertical wall and a bubble were carried out using Dynaflow’s three-dimensional code, 3DynaFS_Bem©, which models the unsteady dynamics of a liquid flow including the presence of highly non-linear time evolving gas-liquid interfaces. The numerical predictions were validated using scaled experiments carried out using spark generated bubbles. These spark bubble tests produced high fidelity test data that properly scale the fluid dynamics as long as the geometric non-dimensional parameters, gravity and time are properly scaled. The use of high speed cameras allowing framing rates as high as 50,000 frames per second to photograph the bubbles produced high quality observations of bubble dynamics including clear visualizations of reentrant jet formation inside the bubble. Such observations were very useful in developing and validating the numerical models. The cases studied showed very good correlation between the numerical simulations and the experimental observations and allowed development of predictive rules for the re-entrant jet characteristics, including jet angle and various definitions of the jet speed.

MULTIPLE SPARK-GENERATED BUBBLE INTERACTIONS

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (03) ◽  
pp. 229-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
BOO CHEONG KHOO ◽  
DEEPAK ADIKHARI ◽  
SIEW WAN FONG ◽  
EVERT KLASEBOER
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Bubble Surface ◽  
Solid Boundary ◽  
High Speed Photography ◽  
Bubble Interactions ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Bubble Splitting ◽  
Shape Changes ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Phase Differences

The complex interactions of two and three spark-generated bubbles are studied using high speed photography. The corresponding simulations are performed using a 3D Boundary Element Method (BEM) code. The bubbles generated are between 3 to 5 mm in radius, and they are either in-phase or out-of-phase with one another. The possible interaction phenomena between two identically sized bubbles are summarized. Depending on their relative distances and phase differences, they can coalesce, jet towards or away from one another, split into smaller bubbles, or 'catapult' away from one another. The 'catapult' effect can be utilized to generated high speed jet in the absence of a solid boundary or shockwave. Also three bubble interactions are highlighted. Complicated phenomena such as bubble forming an elliptical shape and bubble splitting are observed. The BEM simulations provide insight into the physics of the phenomena by providing details such as detailed bubble shape changes (experimental observations are limited by the temporal and spatial resolution), and jet velocity. It is noted that the well-tested BEM code [1,2] utilized here is computationally very efficient as compared to other full-domain methods since only the bubble surface is meshed.

Cavitation bubble dynamics in a liquid gap of variable height

2011 ◽  
Vol 682 ◽  
pp. 241-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
SILVESTRE ROBERTO GONZALEZ-AVILA ◽  
EVERT KLASEBOER ◽  
BOO CHEONG KHOO ◽  
CLAUS-DIETER OHL
Keyword(s):  
Cavitation Bubble ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Strong Influence ◽  
Bubble Dynamics ◽  
Bubble Collapse ◽  
High Speed Photography ◽  
Expansion Time ◽  
Gap Height ◽  
Bubble Splitting ◽  
Narrow Gaps

We report on an experimental study of cavitation bubble dynamics within sub-millimetre-sized narrow gaps. The gap height is varied, while the position of the cavitation event is fixed with respect to the lower gap wall. Four different sizes of laser-induced cavitation bubbles are studied using high-speed photography of up to 430,000 frames per second. We find a strong influence of the gap height, H, on the bubble dynamics, in particular on the collapse scenario. Also, similar bubble dynamics was found for the same non-dimensional gap height η = H/Rx, where Rx is the maximum radius in the horizontal direction. Three scenarios are observed: neutral collapse at the gap centre, collapse onto the lower wall and collapse onto the upper wall. For intermediate gap height the bubble obtains a conical shape 1.4 < η < 7.0. For large distances, η > 7.0, the bubble no longer feels the presence of the upper wall and collapses hemispherically. The collapse time increases with respect to the expansion time for decreasing values of η. Due to the small scales involved, the final stage of the bubble collapse could not be resolved temporally and numerical simulations were performed to elucidate the details of the flow. The simulations demonstrate high-speed jetting towards the upper and lower walls and complex bubble splitting for neutral collapses.

scholarly journals Fast transient microjets induced by hemispherical cavitation bubbles

2015 ◽  
Vol 767 ◽  
pp. 31-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvestre Roberto Gonzalez Avila ◽  
Chaolong Song ◽  
Claus-Dieter Ohl
Keyword(s):  
Cavitation Bubble ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Bubble Dynamics ◽  
Silicone Oil ◽  
Bubble Collapse ◽  
High Speed Photography ◽  
Drug Delivery Device ◽  
Spray Formation ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Fast Transient

AbstractWe report on a novel method to generate fast transient microjets and study their characteristics. The simple device consists of two electrodes on a substrate with a hole in between. The side of the substrate with the electrodes is submerged in a liquid. Two separate microjets exit through the tapered hole after an electrical discharge is induced between the electrodes. They are formed during the expansion and collapse of a single cavitation bubble. The cavitation bubble dynamics as well as the jets were studied with high-speed photography at up to 500 000 f.p.s. With increasing jet velocity they become unstable and spray formation is observed. The jet created during expansion (first jet) is in most cases slower than the jet created during bubble collapse, which can reach up to $400~\text{m}~\text{s}^{-1}$. The spray exiting the orifice is at least in part due to the presence of cavitation in the microchannel as observed by high-speed recording. The effect of viscosity was tested using silicone oil of 10, 50 and 100 cSt. Interestingly, for all liquids the transition from a stable to an unstable jet occurs at $We\sim 4600$. We demonstrate that these microjets can penetrate into soft material; thus they can be potentially used as a needleless drug delivery device.

Dynamics of laser-induced cavitation bubbles near elastic boundaries: influence of the elastic modulus

2001 ◽  
Vol 433 ◽  
pp. 283-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
EMIL-ALEXANDRU BRUJAN ◽  
KESTER NAHEN ◽  
PETER SCHMIDT ◽  
ALFRED VOGEL
Keyword(s):  
Elastic Modulus ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Maximum Velocity ◽  
Biological Tissues ◽  
Bubble Collapse ◽  
Liquid Jet ◽  
High Speed Photography ◽  
Subsequent Formation ◽  
Elastic Boundary ◽  
Bubble Behaviour

The interaction of a laser-induced cavitation bubble with an elastic boundary is investigated experimentally by high-speed photography and acoustic measurements. The elastic material consists of a polyacrylamide (PAA) gel whose elastic properties can be controlled by modifying the water content of the sample. The elastic modulus, E, is varied between 0.017 MPa and 2.03 MPa, and the dimensionless bubble–boundary distance, γ, is for each value of E varied between γ = 0 and γ = 2.2. In this parameter space, jetting behaviour, jet velocity, bubble migration and bubble oscillation time are determined. The jetting behaviour varies between liquid jet formation towards or away from the elastic boundary, and formation of an annular jet which results in bubble splitting and the subsequent formation of two very fast axial liquid jets flowing in opposite directions. The liquid jet directed away from the boundary reaches a maximum velocity between 300 ms−1 and 600 ms−1 (depending on the elastic modulus of the sample) while the peak velocity of the jet directed towards the boundary ranges between 400 ms−1 and 800 ms−1 (velocity values averaged over 1 μs). Penetration of the elastic boundary by the liquid jet is observed for PAA samples with an intermediate elastic modulus between 0.12 and 0.4 MPa. In this same range of elastic moduli and for small γ-values, PAA material is ejected into the surrounding liquid due to the elastic rebound of the sample surface that was deformed during bubble expansion and forms a PAA jet upon rebound. For stiffer boundaries, the bubble behaviour is mainly characterized by the formation of an axial liquid jet and bubble migration directed towards the boundary, as if the bubble were adjacent to a rigid wall. For softer samples, the bubble behaviour becomes similar to that in a liquid with infinite extent. During bubble collapse, however, material is torn off the PAA sample when bubbles are produced close to the boundary. We conclude that liquid jet penetration into the boundary, jet-like ejection of boundary material, and tensile-stress-induced deformations of the boundary during bubble collapse are the major mechanisms responsible for cavitation erosion and for cavitation-enhanced ablation of elastic materials as, for example, biological tissues.

Partial coalescence from bubbles to drops

2015 ◽  
Vol 782 ◽  
pp. 209-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. H. Zhang ◽  
M.-J. Thoraval ◽  
S. T. Thoroddsen ◽  
P. Taborek
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Capillary Wave ◽  
Density Ratio ◽  
Wave Mode ◽  
Bubble Surface ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
Bubble Density ◽  
Toroidal Bubble ◽  
Adaptive Grid Refinement ◽  
Surrounding Liquid

The coalescence of drops is a fundamental process in the coarsening of emulsions. However, counter-intuitively, this coalescence process can produce a satellite, approximately half the size of the original drop, which is detrimental to the overall coarsening. This also occurs during the coalescence of bubbles, while the resulting satellite is much smaller, approximately 10 %. To understand this difference, we have conducted a set of coalescence experiments using xenon bubbles inside a pressure chamber, where we can continuously raise the pressure from 1 up to 85 atm and thereby vary the density ratio between the inner and outer fluid, from 0.005 up to unity. Using high-speed video imaging, we observe a continuous increase in satellite size as the inner density is varied from the bubble to emulsion-droplet conditions, with the most rapid changes occurring as the bubble density grows up to 15 % of that of the surrounding liquid. We propose a model that successfully relates the satellite size to the capillary wave mode responsible for its pinch-off and the overall deformations from the drainage. The wavelength of the primary wave changes during its travel to the apex, with the instantaneous speed adjusting to the local wavelength. By estimating the travel time of this wave mode on the bubble surface, we also show that the model is consistent with the experiments. This wavenumber is determined by both the global drainage as well as the interface shapes during the rapid coalescence in the neck connecting the two drops or bubbles. The rate of drainage is shown to scale with the density of the inner fluid. Empirically, we find that the pinch-off occurs when 60 % of the bubble fluid has drained from it. Numerical simulations using the volume-of-fluid method with dynamic adaptive grid refinement can reproduce these dynamics, as well as show the associated vortical structure and stirring of the coalescing fluid masses. Enhanced stirring is observed for cases with second-stage pinch-offs. Numerous sub-satellites are observed when the length of the top protrusion of the drop exceeds the Rayleigh instability wavelength. We also find a parameter regime where the focusing of more than one capillary wave can pinch-off satellites. One realization shows a sequence of three pinch-offs, where the middle one pinches off a toroidal bubble.

Experimental Study on Bubble Collapse Near a Solid Boundary

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuai Zhang ◽  
Shiping Wang ◽  
Yunlong Liu
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Bubble Radius ◽  
Water Layer ◽  
Lower Surface ◽  
Bubble Collapse ◽  
Solid Boundary ◽  
Liquid Jet ◽  
High Speed Photography ◽  
Generating Method

In this paper, we present a high-voltage electric-spark bubble-generating method which can generate a bubble with its maximum radius reaching up to ∼35 mm at a room pressure. Vertical migration and clear liquid jet inside the bubble are captured by a high speed photography. With this method, a series of experiments on bubbles collapse above a solid boundary are carried out under different non-dimensional standoff distances γ (= s/Rm, where s is the vertical distance from the bubble center to the solid boundary and Rm denotes the maximum bubble radius). It is found when bubble is extremely close to the solid boundary (γ < 0.6), the lower surface of the bubble will cling to the solid boundary, which causes the cone-shaped liquid jet to impact on solid boundary directly without buffering of the water layer. With the increase of γ, the bottom of the bubble is gradually away from the solid boundary with an increasing curvature, but the jet inside the bubble remains conical all along. The speed of the jet tip and the migration of the bubble top are also discussed subsequently, aiming to provide a reference for the numerical study. Finally, the critical value of γ is investigated, at which the effect of the buoyancy will compensate the attraction of the solid boundary when the buoyancy parameter of bubble is bout 0.06.

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