The Acoustic Bubble

Download or read book The Acoustic Bubble written by T Leighton and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1994 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with the interaction of acoustic fields with bubbles in liquids. The principles of cavitation (generation of bubbles in liquids by rapid changes as those introduced by ultrasound) are expounded. When cavity bubbles implode they produce shock waves in the liquid. Components can be damaged by cavitation if it is induced by turbulent flow. These phenomena have important implications, particularly in underwater acoustics (the fastest growing field in acoustics research).