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Chin. Phys. B, 2015, Vol. 24(5): 054701    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/24/5/054701
ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS Prev   Next  

Effect of supercritical water shell on cavitation bubble dynamics

Shao Wei-Hang (邵纬航), Chen Wei-Zhong (陈伟中)
The Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Abstract  Based on reported experimental data, a new model for single cavitation bubble dynamics is proposed considering a supercritical water (SCW) shell surrounding the bubble. Theoretical investigations show that the SCW shell apparently slows down the oscillation of the bubble and cools the gas temperature inside the collapsing bubble. Furthermore, the model is simplified to a Rayleigh–Plesset-like equation for a thin SCW shell. The dependence of the bubble dynamics on the thickness and density of the SCW shell is studied. The results show the bubble dynamics depends on the thickness but is insensitive to the density of the SCW shell. The thicker the SCW shell is, the smaller are the wall velocity and the gas temperature in the bubble. In the authors' opinion, the SCW shell works as a buffering agent. In collapsing, it is compressed to absorb a good deal of the work transformed into the bubble internal energy during bubble collapse so that it weakens the bubble oscillations.
Keywords:  supercritical water shell      bubble dynamics  
Received:  13 September 2014      Revised:  27 October 2014      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  47.55.dd (Bubble dynamics)  
  43.35.Ei (Acoustic cavitation in liquids)  
  43.25.Yw (Nonlinear acoustics of bubbly liquids)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11174145 and 11334005).
Corresponding Authors:  Chen Wei-Zhong     E-mail:  wzchen@nju.edu.cn
About author:  47.55.dd; 43.35.Ei; 43.25.Yw

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Shao Wei-Hang (邵纬航), Chen Wei-Zhong (陈伟中) Effect of supercritical water shell on cavitation bubble dynamics 2015 Chin. Phys. B 24 054701

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