Acoustical and optical tracking of the collapse of a laser-generated cavitation bubble near a solid boundary

Ultrasonics

Volumn 36, Issue 1-5, 1998, Pages 559-563

  Schiffers, W P ^a   Shaw, S J ^a   Emmony, D C ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cavitation bubble collapse; Laser generated cavitation; Pressure transducer; Schlieren imaging

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAVITATION; DYE LASERS; GAS LASERS; LASER PULSES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; THIN FILM DEVICES; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

CAVITATION BUBBLE COLLAPSE; SCHLIEREN IMAGING;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0031995446     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(97)00110-8     Document Type: Article

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