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Experimental research on the collapse dynamics of the cavitation bubble near two spherical particles

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In this paper, the collapse dynamics of the cavitation bubble located in the middle position of two spherical particles of the same size are studied with the help of a high-speed photography experimental system. According to a large number of experimental results, the effects of several important parameters (the bubble size and the distance between the bubble and any particle) on the bubble collapse characteristics are revealed. For the process of the bubble collapse, four representative situations (gyro-shaped, drum-shaped, olive-shaped and spherical-shaped collapse) are defined, and three critical parameters of different situations are given based on the dimensionless distance between the bubble and any particle, which are 0.27, 1.17 and 1.56, respectively. Finally, through quantitative research, it is found that the dimensionless distance and the bubble size have a significant impact on the deformation degree of the bubble and the contractive rates at the characteristic bubble wall positions.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project Nos.: 51976056 and 52076215).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Power Station Energy Transfer Conversion and System, Ministry of Education, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China

    Xiaoxiao Zheng, Xiaoyu Wang, Xuan Lu, Jin Yuan & Yuning Zhang

  2. College of Mechanical and Transportation Engineering, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing, 102249, China

    Xuan Lu & Yuning Zhang

  3. Beijing Key Laboratory of Process Fluid Filtration and Separation, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing, 102249, China

    Xuan Lu & Yuning Zhang

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Yuning Zhang obtained his B.S. and M.S. from Tsinghua University in 2006 and 2008, respectively, and his Ph.D. from University of Warwick in 2013. He is currently a Professor at the School of Energy, Power and Mechanical Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China.

Yuning Zhang is currently an Associate Professor in China University of Petroleum-Beijing. She has mainly focused her research interests on cavitation in fluid machinery and the bubble dynamics in liquid. She has published 18 journal papers in these fields, which analysed the nonlinear oscillations of bubbles and investigated the mechanisms of the synergetic effects between particle abrasion and cavitation erosion in hydraulic machinery.

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Zheng, X., Wang, X., Lu, X. et al. Experimental research on the collapse dynamics of the cavitation bubble near two spherical particles. J Mech Sci Technol 37, 2451–2460 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-023-0421-x

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