Progress in applications of laser induced cavitation on surface processing

Z Zhang, S Wei, P Wang, W Qiu, G Zhang - Optics & Laser Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Cavitation refers to the phenomenon of generating bubbles in water or other liquids. The
collapse of cavitation bubbles will have a strong impact on the surrounding materials …

Trends and characteristics of employing cavitation technology for water and wastewater treatment with a focus on hydrodynamic and ultrasonic cavitation over the past …

SMA Movahed, L Calgaro, A Marcomini - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Cavitation-based technologies have emerged as a sustainable and effective way to treat
natural waters and wastewater, considering their increasing scarcity due to pollution and …

[HTML][HTML] Cavitation erosion by shockwave self-focusing of a single bubble

F Reuter, C Deiter, CD Ohl - Ultrasonics sonochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
The ability of cavitation bubbles to effectively focus energy is made responsible for cavitation
erosion, traumatic brain injury, and even for catalyse chemical reactions. Yet, the …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical and experimental investigations on the jet and shock wave dynamics during the cavitation bubble collapsing near spherical particles based on …

J Hu, X Lu, Y Liu, J Duan, Y Liu, J Yu, X Zheng… - Ultrasonics …, 2023 - Elsevier
The interaction between cavitation bubbles and particles is essential for the operational
performance many kinds of fluid machineries. In the present paper, jet dynamics and shock …

Dynamics of single cavitation bubble collapse jet under particle-wall synergy

X Wang, Q Liang, Y Yang, J Shen, Z Feng, Y Zhang - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The interaction between a particle and a cavitation bubble significantly influences the
erosive effect on the wall surface of flow passage components in fluid machinery. This paper …

Experimental study on the characteristics of microjets and shock waves of cavitation bubbles near elastic boundaries

Y Zhai, W Xu, J Luo, J Li - Ocean engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Studying the characteristics of cavitation bubble microjets and shock waves is of great
significance to reveal cavitation erosion mechanisms in hydraulic engineering. In this paper …

Laser-induced cavitation bubble near boundaries

J Yu, X Wang, J Hu, J Shen, X Zhang, X Zheng… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Laser-induced cavitation bubble has been widely used to investigate the mechanisms of
hydraulic machinery cavitation erosion and to explore applications in atomization, alloy …

Experimental and numerical investigations of the collapse of a laser-induced cavitation bubble near a solid wall

J Zhang, Y Du, J Liu, Y Sun, Z Yao, Q Zhong - Journal of Hydrodynamics, 2022 - Springer
With the collapse of cavitation bubbles near the wall, micro-jets and shock waves will be
formed, to generate a high-pressure load and to cause the cavitation damage on the surface …

Dynamics of an oscillating cavitation bubble within a narrow gap

X Zhang, C Yang, C Wang, Y Zhang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The oscillation characteristics of a bubble in a confined space have important implications
for various applications, including liquid pumping and mixing and particle conveyance in …

Recent progress on the jetting of single deformed cavitation bubbles near boundaries

J Wang, G Wang, Q Zeng, Y Wang - Journal of Hydrodynamics, 2023 - Springer
Cavitation occurs widely in nature and engineering and is a complex problem with
multiscale features in both time and space due to its associating violent oscillations. To …