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Cavitation Bubble Dynamics

Cluster of bubbles collapsing next to a wall exhibit interacting dynamics that are not predictable from the dynamics of single bubble collapse. We perform high resolution bubble cluster collapse simulations using a diffuse interface method to study the evolution of the pressure on the wall as a function of time and bubble parameters.

 

Bubble Cluster configuration

Temporal evolution of bubble cluster (left to right).

 

Related Publications

  1. Shukla, R., C. Pantano and J.B. Freund, “An interface capturing method for the simulation of multi-phase compressible flows,” J. Comput. Phys. 229, 7411-7439, 2010.

  2. Tiwari, A., J.B. Freund and C. Pantano, “A diffuse interface model with immiscibility preservation,” J. Comput. Phys., 252, 290-309, 2013.

  3. Tiwari, A., C. Pantano and J.B. Freund, “Growth-and-collapse dynamics of small bubble clusters near a wall,” J. Fluid Mech, 775, 1-23, 2015.