低频超声空化场中柱状泡群内气泡的声响应

本文在气泡群振动模型的基础上,考虑气泡间耦合振动的影响,得到了均匀柱状泡群内振动气泡的动力学方程,以此为基础分析了低频超声空化场中柱形气泡聚集区内气泡的非线性声响应特征.气泡间的耦合振动增加了系统对每个气泡的约束,降低了气泡的自然频率,增强了气泡的非线性声响应.随着气泡数密度的增加,气泡的自然共振频率降低,受迫振动气泡受到的抑制增强.数值分析结果表明:1)驱动声波频率越低,气泡的初始半径越小,气泡数密度变化对气泡最大半径变化幅度的影响越大;2)气泡振动幅值响应存在不稳定区,不稳定区域分布与气泡初始半径、驱动声波压力幅值、驱动声波频率等因素有关.在低频超声波作用下,对初始半径处在1—10μm之间的空化气泡而言,气泡初始半径越小,气泡最大半径不稳定区分布范围越大,表明小气泡具有更强的非线性特征.因此,气泡初始半径越小,声环境变化对空化泡声响应稳定性影响越显著.     

超声波作用下泡群的共振声响应

从球状泡群气泡动力学方程出发, 考虑泡群间次级声辐射的影响, 得到了声场中两泡群共同存在时气泡振动的动力学方程, 并以此为基础探讨声波驱动下双泡群振动系统的共振响应特征. 由于泡群间气泡间的相互作用, 系统存在低频共振和高频共振现象, 两不同共振频率的数值与泡群内气泡的本征频率相关. 泡群内气泡的本征频率又受到初始半径、泡群大小和泡群内气泡数量的影响. 气泡自由振动和驱动声波的耦合激起泡群内气泡的受迫振动, 气泡初始半径、气泡数密度和驱动声波频率等都会影响泡群内气泡的振动幅值和初相位. 关键词： 气泡群 共振 声响应 超声空化     

双泡耦合声空化动力学过程模拟

为了对双泡耦合的声空化过程进行模拟,本文从流体动力学控制方程和流体体积分数模型出发,在Fluent软件中构建双泡耦合超声空化三维有限元仿真模型,对超声波驱动下流体中双泡耦合声空化动力学过程进行数值模拟,并通过对空化气泡周围声场的变化进行分析研究双泡耦合声空化的非线性动力学特性.结果显示:在超声波驱动下,球形气泡先缓慢扩张,扩张到最大半径后迅速收缩直至溃灭;耦合双气泡间存在相互作用力,使得空化气泡的扩张受到抑制、气泡收缩时间增长;空化气泡在收缩阶段的能量转换能力增强,相比单气泡声空化,耦合双气泡溃灭时气泡内部的压强更大.本文分析结果将为超声空化泡群的动力学过程模拟提供参考.     

空化场中大气泡对空化泡振动的抑制效应分析

为探究空化场中多气泡之间的相互作用,结合观察到的注入大气泡周围飞舞的小气泡的实验现象,构建了由两个大气泡和一个空化泡组成的三气泡系统,通过考虑气泡间相互作用的时间延迟效应以及大泡的非球形振动,得到修正的气泡动力学方程组,并数值分析了气泡的振动模态、平衡半径、声波压力与频率等参量对小空化气泡的振动行为与所受次级Bjerknes力的影响.结果表明,大气泡的非球形效应主要表现为一种近场效应,对空化泡的振动影响很小,几乎可以忽略不计.大气泡可抑制空化泡的振动,但当大气泡半径接近于共振半径时,空化泡振动幅值曲线出现共振峰,即存在耦合共振响应.大气泡半径越大,对空化泡抑制作用越强,当空化泡处在两个毫米级大气泡附近时抑制更加显著.声波压力与频率不仅直接影响气泡的振动,还影响空化泡与大气泡之间相互作用的强弱,表现为空化泡所受的次级Bjerknes力在特定的大气泡半径范围内变得对气泡尺寸变化较为敏感,即小的大气泡半径变化可能导致明显的力大小变化,且不同驱动频率下,空化泡所受次级Bjerknes力的敏感半径分布区间不同.空化泡受到的次级Bjerknes力在距离较小或者较大时均可能表现为斥力,与实验观察现象...     

液体薄层中环链状空化泡云结构稳定性分析

为分析超声空化的薄层液体中稳定的环状气泡链结构,本文考虑气泡间次级声辐射影响,得到了表征气泡间相互作用的气泡基本动力学方程以及次Bjerknes力的表达式,数值分析了气泡平衡半径、声波频率和声压对纯液体区可能出现的单气泡所受的次Bjerknes力,发现环形泡链能够吸引液体区内的新生的半径小于2μm的气泡,这可能是一定条件下环形气泡链能够稳定存在的原因.随着驱动声波压力增加,气泡数密度增加,气泡间的耦合作用增强,液体区内的环形泡链结构可能被液体区内出现的大气泡或者气泡团破坏,进而导致环形结构演变成柱状、雾状乃至整个液体区均充满空化泡的情况发生.通过高速摄影机观察了强声场作用下换能器辐射面外侧液体薄层内空化初生至形成空化云团簇的整个过程,在空化云团簇中发现了局部同步崩溃并形成类纯液体薄层的现象,该液体薄层边界随时间振荡持续约4个声周期后被空化云团簇吞没,局部类纯液体区出现的位置具有随机性.实验观察结果和理论预测具有很好的一致性.     

弹性管中泡群内气泡的非线性声响应

将弹性管壁视为膜弹性结构,得到了管径较大弹性管中泡群内气泡弱非线性振动的动力学模型.利用逐级近似法对气泡的非线性共振频率、基频振动响应特性进行了理论分析.结果表明:气泡共振频率主要受泡群内气泡间相互作用的影响;气泡的非线性共振频率将发生偏移,其偏移量取决于共振响应振幅;气泡的声响应区存在最大频率值;在声响应的高频率区内声响应幅值有多值性.     

双气泡振子系统的非线性声响应特性分析

对初始半径不同的双气泡振子系统在声波作用下的共振行为和声响应特征进行了分析.利用微扰法分析了双泡系统的非线性共振频率,由于气泡间耦合振动的非线性影响,双泡系统存在双非线性共振频率.倍频共振和分频共振现象的存在使得双泡系统振幅-频率响应曲线有多共振峰,且随着非线性增强,共振区向低频区移动.通过对气泡平衡半径、双泡平衡半径比以及气泡间距的分析发现,耦合作用较强的情形发生在系统共振频率附近、气泡半径比接近1以及气泡间距小于10R_(10)的范围内,同时观察到了此消彼长的现象,充分体现了气泡在声场中能量转换器的特征.     

考虑水蒸气蒸发和冷凝的球状泡群中泡的动力学特性

为了深入探究空化泡群中气泡的动力学特性,建立了超声驱动下考虑水蒸气的蒸发和冷凝的泡群中泡的动力方程.基于该方程,研究了泡群中泡的位置、泡的数量、泡的初始半径对其动力学特性的影响,探究了超声作用下球状泡群中气泡半径、能量、温度、压力和气泡内水蒸气分子数的变化规律.结果表明:泡群中泡的运动受到周围气泡的抑制作用;泡群中泡的初始半径大小对泡群中泡的半径、能量、温度、压力和气泡内水蒸气分子数有显著影响;泡群中泡的位置距离泡群中心越远,泡的膨胀半径越大;随着泡群中泡的数目增加,泡的振幅减小;超声频率增加,泡群中泡的空化效应减弱;超声声压增加,泡群中泡的空化效应增加.研究结果为超声空化泡群的研究提供了理论参考.     

导电流体中气泡径向振动行为的磁场控制

液态金属中气泡行为是磁流体力学的重要方面。为对磁场条件下导电流体中气泡动力学行为作全面理解,基于磁流体动力学方法建立了磁场条件下导电流体中气泡径向振动的无量纲化动力学方程,数值研究了磁场对导电流体中气泡径向非线性振动稳定性、泡内温度、泡内气压及液体空化阈值的影响。结果显示:磁场增强了气泡非线性振动的稳定性,随着磁场增强且当作用在泡上的电磁力与惯性力数量级可比时,气泡运动为稳定的周期性振动;同时,磁场引起泡内温度、泡内压力及液体空化阈值变化。研究表明,可用磁场调节和控制液态金属中气泡的运动使其满足工程应用需求。      

不同类型气泡组成的混合泡群声空化特性

声空化实验中经常观察到由许多空化气泡组成的各种泡群结构.本文利用气泡群及群内任一气泡的Rayleigh-Plesset方程并结合van der Waals型过程方程,研究了不同类型气泡组成的混合泡群中的气泡半径、泡内温度和群内压力脉冲变化规律,得到以下结果:相同尺寸相同气体气泡和相同尺寸不同气体气泡组成的两种泡群中气泡所含的不同气体对泡内温度有较明显的影响,但对气泡半径变化和群内压力脉冲峰值的影响较小;不同尺寸相同气体气泡和不同尺寸不同气体气泡组成的两种混合泡群中,随着大气泡数的增多,大小气泡内温度开始快速下降,之后大泡内温度逐渐趋近于纯大气泡组成泡群的泡内温度,小泡内温度逐渐趋近于许多大泡辐射作用下的单一小气泡泡内温度;气泡崩溃时产生的压力脉冲峰值,先急剧减小到拐点,之后平稳增加并逐渐趋近于纯氩气大气泡和纯氦气大气泡组成泡群内的压力脉冲峰值;群内大气泡数占比对泡群空化特性有重要影响,只有大气泡数占比达到一定值后泡群中才能出现不同尺寸气泡同时崩溃的现象.     

Interaction of a bubble and a bubble cluster in an ultrasonic field

Using an appropriate approximation, we have formulated the interacting equation of multi-bubble motion for a system of a single bubble and a spherical bubble cluster. The behavior of the bubbles is observed in coupled and uncoupled states. The oscillation of bubbles inside the cluster is in a coupled state. The numerical simulation demonstrates that the secondary Bjerknes force can be influenced by the number density, initial radius, distance, driving frequency, and amplitude of ultrasound. However, if a bubble approaches a bubble cluster of the same initial radii, coupled oscillation would be induced and a repulsive force is evoked, which may be the reason why the bubble cluster can exist steadily. With the increment of the number density of the bubble cluster, a secondary Bjerknes force acting on the bubbles inside the cluster decreases due to the strong suppression of the coupled bubbles. It is shown that there may be an optimal number density for a bubble cluster which can generate an optimal cavitation effect in liquid for a stable driving ultrasound.     

Oscillation and Migration of Bubbles within Ultrasonic Field

The oscillation and migration of bubbles within an intensive ultrasonic field are important issues concerning acoustic cavitation in liquids.We establish a selection map of bubble oscillation mode related to initial bubble radius and driving sound pressure under 20 kHz ultrasound and analyze the individual-bubble migration induced by the combined effects of pressure gradient and acoustic streaming.Our results indicate that the pressure threshold of stable and transient cavitation decreases with the increasing initial bubble radius.At the pressure antinode,the Bjerknes force dominates the bubble migration, resulting in the large bubbles gathering toward antinode center,whereas small bubbles escape from antinode.By contrast,at the pressure node,the bubble migration is primarily controlled by acoustic streaming,which effectively weakens the bubble adhesion on the container walls,thereby enhancing the cavitation effect in the whole liquid.     

Nonlinear oscillation and acoustic scattering of bubbles

The scattered acoustic pressure and scattered cross section of bubbles is studied using the scattered theory of bubbles. The nonlinear oscillations of bubbles and the scattering acoustic fields of a spherical bubble cluster are numerically simulated based on the bubble dynamic and fluid dynamic. The influences of the interaction between bubbles on scattering acoustic field of bubbles are researched. The results of numerical simulation show that the oscillation phases of bubbles are delayed to a certain extent at different positions in the bubble cluster, but the radii of bubbles during oscillation do not differ too much at different positions. Furthermore, directivity of the acoustic scattering of bubbles is obvious. The scattered acoustic pressures of bubbles are different at the different positions inside and outside of the bubble cluster. The scattering acoustic fields of a spherical bubble cluster depend on the driving pressure amplitude, driving frequency, the equilibrium radii of bubbles, bubble number and the radius of the spherical bubble cluster. These theoretical predictions provide a further understanding of physics behind ultrasonic technique and should be useful for guiding ultrasonic application.     

Theoretical estimation of sonochemical yield in bubble cluster in acoustic field

In order to learn more about the physical phenomena occurring in cloud cavitation, the nonlinear dynamics of a spherical cluster of cavitation bubbles and cavitation bubbles in cluster in an acoustic field excited by a square pressure wave are numerically investigated by considering viscosity, surface tension, and the weak compressibility of the liquid.The theoretical prediction of the yield of oxidants produced inside bubbles during the strong collapse stage of cavitation bubbles is also investigated. The effects of acoustic frequency, acoustic pressure amplitude, and the number of bubbles in cluster on bubble temperature and the quantity of oxidants produced inside bubbles are analyzed. The results show that the change of acoustic frequency, acoustic pressure amplitude, and the number of bubbles in cluster have an effect not only on temperature and the quantity of oxidants inside the bubble, but also on the degradation types of pollutants, which provides a guidance in improving the sonochemical degradation of organic pollutants.     

Enhancement of oscillation amplitude of cavitation bubble due to acoustic wake effect in multibubble environment

Acoustic cavitation occurs in ultrasonic treatment causing various phenomena such as chemical synthesis, chemical decomposition, and emulsification. Nonlinear oscillations of cavitation bubbles are assumed to be responsible for these phenomena, and the neighboring bubbles may interact each other. In the present study, we numerically investigated the dynamic behavior of cavitation bubbles in multi-bubble systems. The results reveal that the oscillation amplitude of a cavitation bubble surrounded by other bubbles in a multi-bubble system becomes larger compared with that in the single-bubble case. It is found that this is caused by an acoustic wake effect, which reduces the pressure near a bubble surrounded by other bubbles and increases the time delay between the bubble contraction/expansion cycles and sound pressure oscillations. A new parameter, called “cover ratio” is introduced to quantitatively evaluate the variation in the bubble oscillation amplitude, the time delay, and the maximum bubble radius.     

Bubble acoustical scattering cross section under multi-frequency acoustic excitation

The acoustical scattering cross section is usually employed to evaluate the scattering ability of the bubbles when they are excited by the incident acoustic waves. This parameter is strongly related to many important applications of performance prediction for search sonar or underwater telemetry, acoustical oceanography, acoustic cavitation, volcanology, and medical and industrial ultrasound. In the present paper, both the analytical and numerical analysis results of the acoustical scattering cross section of a single bubble under multi-frequency excitation are obtained. The nonlinear characteristics(e.g.,harmonics, subharmonics, and ultraharmonics) of the scattering cross section curve under multi-frequency excitation are investigated compared with single-frequency excitation. The influence of several paramount parameters(e.g., bubble equilibrium radius, acoustic pressure amplitude, and acoustic frequencies) in the multi-frequency system on the predictions of scattering cross section is discussed. It is shown that the combination resonances become significant in the multi-frequency system when the acoustic power is big enough, and the acoustical scattering cross section is promoted significantly within a much broader range of bubble sizes and acoustic frequencies due to the generation of more resonances.     

Spatial-temporal dynamics of cavitation bubble clouds in 1.2 MHz focused ultrasound field

Cavitation bubbles have been recognized as being essential to many applications of ultrasound. Temporal evolution and spatial distribution of cavitation bubble clouds induced by a focused ultrasound transducer of 1.2 MHz center frequency are investigated by high-speed photography. It is revealed that at a total acoustic power of 72 W the cavitation bubble cloud first emerges in the focal region where cavitation bubbles are observed to generate, grow, merge and collapse during the initial 600 μs. The bubble cloud then grows upward to the post-focal region, and finally becomes visible in the pre-focal region. The structure of the final bubble cloud is characterized by regional distribution of cavitation bubbles in the ultrasound field. The cavitation bubble cloud structure remains stable when the acoustic power is increased from 25 W to 107 W, but it changes to a more violent form when the acoustic power is further increased to 175 W.     

含气泡液体中气泡振动的研究

研究了含气泡液体中单个气泡在驱动声场一定情况下的振动过程. 让每次驱动声场作用的时间特别短, 使气泡半径发生微小变化后再将其变化反馈到气泡群对驱动声场的散射作用中去, 从而可以得到某单个气泡周围受气泡散射影响后的声场, 接着再让气泡在该声场作用下做短时振动, 如此反复. 通过这样的方法, 研究了液体中单个气泡的振动情况并对其半径变化进行了数值模拟, 结果发现, 在液体中含有大量气泡的情况下, 某单个气泡的振动过程明显区别于液体中只有一个气泡的情况. 由于大量气泡和驱动声场的相互作用, 使气泡半径的变化存在多种不同的振动情况, 在不同的气泡大小和含量的情况下, 半径变化过程分别表现为: 在平衡位置附近振荡的过程; 周期性的空化过程; 一次空化过程后保持某一大小振荡的过程; 增长后维持某一大小振荡的过程等. 所以, 对于含气泡液体中气泡振动的研究, 在驱动声场一定的情况下, 必须考虑气泡含量的因素. 关键词： 含气泡液体 超声空化 散射 数值模拟     

Numerical simulations of stable cavitation bubble generation and primary Bjerknes forces in a three-dimensional nonlinear phased array focused ultrasound field

We present a model developed for studying the generation of stable cavitation bubbles and their motion in a three-dimensional volume of liquid with axial symmetry under the effect of finite-amplitude phased array focused ultrasound. The density of bubbles per unit volume is determined by a nonlinear law which is a threshold-dependent function of the negative acoustic pressure reached in the liquid, in which nuclei are initially distributed. The nonlinear mutual interaction of ultrasound and bubble oscillations is modeled by a nonlinear coupled differential system formed by the wave and a Rayleigh-Plesset equations, for which both the pressure and the bubble oscillation variables are unknown. The system, which accounts for nonlinearity, dispersion, and attenuation due to the bubbles, is solved by numerical approximations. The nonlinear acoustic pressure field is then used to evaluate the primary Bjerknes force field and to predict the subsequent motion of bubbles. In order to illustrate the procedure, a medium-high and a low ultrasonic frequency configurations are assumed. Simulation results show where bubbles are generated, the nonlinear effects they have on ultrasound, and where they are relocated. Despite many physical restrictions and thanks to its particularities (two nonlinear coupled fields, bubble generation, bubble motion), the numerical model used in this work gives results that show qualitative coherence with data observed experimentally in the framework of stable cavitation and suggest their usefulness in some application contexts.