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We report a study of liquid jets which are formed by bubble collapse under cavitation-generated pressure waves. The results obtained for jets formed from samples of a multigrade motor oil provide the first evidence that such jets experience a significant degree of extensional deformation, at high rates of extension. The results support the conclusion that the reduced velocity and final length of such jets, relative to their Newtonian counterparts, is due to an increased resistance to extensional flow. Insofar as the multigrade oils studied here are made viscoelastic by polymer additives and evidently possess significant levels of resistance to extension, the results provide evidence in support of a mitigating effect of viscoelasticity on a cavitation damage mechanism, as mooted by Berker et al. (J Non Newton Fluid Mech 56:333, 1995).
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This work was conducted under EPSRC Grant GR/L62160. The authors are grateful to Dr. P.M. Williams for his assistance with the construction of the apparatus.
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Barrow, M.S., Brown, S.W.J. & Williams, P.R. Extensional flow of liquid jets formed by bubble collapse in oils under cavitation-generated pressure waves. Exp Fluids 36, 463–472 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-003-0747-1
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