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Investigation of ultrasonic cavitation noise induced near elastic solid boundaries with different elastic modulus

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Accompanying with cavitation, cavitation noise generated due to the bubble dynamics is always inevitable, but wholly undesirable, especially for the propeller of marine vehicles which requires high concealment. Nowadays, polymer composite material with good sound absorption capability and high cavitation inception speed due to its elastic deformation characteristics has been used to make propeller blades. Bubble dynamics near elastic boundaries is more complicated and has drawn more and more study interests. Yet, the effect of the elastic modulus on the cavitation noise is lack of attention and still not clear. Here, we show that the total sound pressure level (TSPL) of the measured cavitation noise is nonlinear with the elastic modulus of the solid wall. We adjusted the elastic modulus of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) by changing its base-to-agent ratio n and found that TSPL of PDMS3 (n = 20, E = 1.0 MPa) was 8 dB lower than that of PDMS1 (n = 5, E = 3.7 MPa) and 6 dB lower than PDMS2 (n = 10, E = 2.7 MPa). Yet, with further decrease in the elastic modulus (PDMS4, n = 30, E = 0.65 MPa), TSPL bounced back to almost the same value of PDMS1. It is attributed to the influence of the elastic boundary on the bubble dynamics. Only when the bubble collapsed with microjet totally away from the boundary, the lowest TSPL could be achieved. Furthermore, we found that the bubble dynamics of a single laser-induced bubble could be used as a point of reference for the cavitation noise of bubble clusters.

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Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge Wang Zhuwei and Chen Haosheng for technical assistance.

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This work was supported by Key Special Project for Introduced Talents Team of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) [Grant Number: GML2019ZD0506], 2020 Research Program of Sanya Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City [grant number: SKYC-2020–01-001], Finance Science and Technology Project of Hainan Province [Grant No. ZDKJ202019].

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    Han Ge, Jiawang Chen & Ronghua Zhu

  2. Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510000, Guangdong, China

    Jiawang Chen

  3. Yangjiang Offshore Wind Energy Laboratory, Yangjiang, 529500, Guangdong, China

    Ronghua Zhu

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Han Ge contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation and experiments were performed by Ronghua Zhu. Data collection and analysis were performed by Jiawang Chen. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Han Ge and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Ge, H., Chen, J. & Zhu, R. Investigation of ultrasonic cavitation noise induced near elastic solid boundaries with different elastic modulus. J Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Eng. 44, 366 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-022-03682-w

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