The Cavitation Phenomenon: A Literature Survey

Ali Kadhim Hadi Alhelfi, Bengt Sundén

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Abstract

The meaning of the word cavitation is not known or understandable for many people. The definition which is commonly known about such phenomena is that the formation of cavities or bubbles is encouraged by a pressure change in the surroundings. However, cavitation is much more complex. A large amount of research work and studies on the dynamics of the cavitation phenomenon via numerical investigations or by means of experimental studies have been performed in this sense over past years in order to improve the understanding of the various physical processes involved in this phenomenon. This paper presents a literature survey of existing studies on the cavitation phenomenon and aims to give a comprehensive collection of knowledge about it. The present work does not aim to review all published results in this field. The paper focuses on specific available published results, concerning the most common cavitation types especially acoustic cavitation. The authors like to provide some recommended notices and the main efforts which must be carried out to develop and contribute more efficient knowledge about the real situation and the main results associated with this phenomenon.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTransactions of the Wessex Institute
PublisherWessex Institute of Technology, UK
Number of pages12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event13th International Conference on Simulation and Experiments in Heat Transfer and its Applications - A Coruña, Spain
Duration: 2014 Jul 2 → …

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Simulation and Experiments in Heat Transfer and its Applications
Country/TerritorySpain
CityA Coruña
Period2014/07/02 → …

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Energy Engineering

Free keywords

  • cavitation
  • ultrasonic
  • bubble dynamics
  • acoustic
  • sonoluminesence
  • bubble motion equations
  • sonochemistry.

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