含气量对激光空泡在刚性壁面空蚀的影响

采用强脉冲激光器设计液体环境下刚性壁面空蚀实验平台,改变液体中含气量,利用高速相机观察不同含气量条件下激光空泡在壁面附近的脉动过程,并对刚性壁面造成的空蚀结果进行了观测。实验研究发现,随着液体中相对空气含量的提高,激光空泡脉动的最大尺寸增大,空泡的膨胀运动变剧烈,溃灭运动速度降低,空泡的溃灭强度降低,从而影响到溃灭冲击波和壁面微射流对刚性壁面的冲击速度,减弱了壁面空蚀,而液体中含气量的提高能够降低激光空泡对刚性壁面的空蚀程度。     

壁面附近激光空泡溃灭的空蚀特性

为分析空泡在壁面附近溃灭导致的冲击波和射流特性,提出将激光空化、高速摄影技术应用于激光空泡的空蚀研究。建立了壁面附近激光空泡的产生、微调控制及高速摄影测量实验平台。采用高速摄影技术对不同液体、不同γ参量条件下空泡脉动的外形特征、溃灭冲击波和溃灭射流等参量进行了测量。结果表明,壁面的存在弱化了空泡溃灭时的收缩程度,空泡溃灭时的冲击波和射流对壁面的破坏作用存在着此消彼长,相互竞争的关系;空泡在壁面附近脉动时,回弹泡的溃灭对壁面也可产生较强的破坏作用;液体的粘性增大有助于空泡表面维持稳定,减缓空泡溃灭时泡壁的运动速度。     

激光空泡刚性半球面内运动

采用甚高速照相技术与建立激光空泡在刚性半球壁面内的运动模型相结合的方法,确定了激光空泡在刚性半球面壁内的运动特性与无量纲距离的关系,提出了最佳无量纲距离概念。结果表明:半球反射面的半径与激光空泡最大半径之比小于1.1时,激光空泡在第1次膨胀时就会产生严重的变形并弹出半球面,并产生空化泡和空蚀,它们均会严重影响激光声的传播。该比值在1.1~3.3时,激光空泡将在第3次收缩之前接触半球面,容易对壁面造成空蚀。在该比值大于3.3的情况下,激光空泡在第3次收缩之前不会接触半球面,对激光声的传播和反射特性影响较小。如果考虑把空泡第1次溃灭时产生的激光声的声学中心控制在击穿点时,需要把该比值控制在5以上。     

光击穿液体空泡特性的高速图像测量

为了分析激光击穿液体介质过程中的等离子体闪光、空泡脉动、冲击波辐射、空泡溃灭发光等综合效应,将高速摄影技术应用于液体激光击穿研究.采用高功率激光聚焦击穿水、酒精、甘油、硅油等粘性液体,观测到了激光击穿形成的等离子体闪光、空泡脉动及溃灭、空泡溃灭发光及冲击波辐射.通过对激光空泡图像序列的分析,得到了不同液体介质中激光空泡的脉动特征、冲击波辐射等特性.研究结果可为水下激光加工、激光医疗、空化空蚀、能源相关流体力学的研究提供一定的理论和实验支持.     

激光空泡在近自由液面运动特性的实验研究

采用激光技术聚焦击穿液体产生空泡,利用高速摄像系统开展激光空泡与自由液面的相互作用的实验研究。实验研究发现,空泡与自由液面之间的无量纲距离对水下空泡的脉动特性和自由液面的水冢现象存在影响。通过大量实验总结了无量纲距离与空泡半径、空泡脉动周期、自由液面水柱的最大高度和产生水冢时间的相互关系。实验表明无量纲距离越小,空泡脉动周期越短,自由面的水冢现象越明显。同时统计出了在不同无量纲距离范围内所出现的5种不同水冢现象的规律。研究内容为空泡与自由液面相互作用的理论提供了实验依据。     

圆锥边界附近激光空泡溃灭行为的研究

为了研究刚性圆锥边界锥角对激光空泡溃灭行为的影响,文章建立了虚拟平面边界模型, 同时采用阴影摄影术、光偏转法以及数值计算的手段对边界附近空泡溃灭过程进行了研究. 结果表明边界的锥角对空泡的形状、溃灭时间以及液体射流形成均有明显影响. 空泡形状偏离球形的程度和溃灭时间均随锥角的增大而增大,且增大锥角度可以促使射流的形成. 空泡溃灭时间的实验值同理论值具有较高的一致性,验证了虚拟平面边界假设及无量纲距离修正的有效性.     

不同沙粒底面下气泡脉动特性实验研究

通过高速摄影系统对电火花气泡与不同沙粒底面间的相互作用进行了实验研究,并改变气泡与沙粒底面之间的距离.实验结果表明:气泡在与沙粒底面的相互作用中会产生两种明显不同的现象,即形成与近刚性壁面类似的气泡射流以及“蘑菇状”气泡,“蘑菇状”气泡撕裂形成两个气泡,随后产生两个反方向的沿轴线方向的射流.沙粒底面边界具有刚性与弹性两种特征.另外,随着气泡与沙粒底面之间的距离d的增大,气泡脉动周期先增大然后减小,存在气泡脉动周期峰值.对于不同的沙粒底面边界,出现气泡脉动周期峰值的距离d随着沙底粒径的增大而越小.     

10-6-10-4m2/s黏度液体中靶受力学作用的测试与分析

通过自行研制的光纤传感器对不同黏度液体中材料靶后的力学作用进行研究,获得了液体黏度变化对等离子体烧蚀力、射流冲击力及空泡生存周期的影响. 实验结果表明:液体黏度相同时,靶材所受冲击力幅值随作用激光能量的增加单调上升;液体黏度增加时,靶材所受的冲击力减小,靶材的空化空蚀程度亦减小;受液体黏度增大的影响,空泡膨胀或收缩过程减缓,相应的生存周期也增大. 此外,对空泡溃灭周期公式进行修正,结果表明修正后的理论估算值与实验值的一致性较好.     

10－6—10－4m2/s黏度液体中靶受力学作用的测试与分析

通过自行研制的光纤传感器对不同黏度液体中材料靶后的力学作用进行研究，获得了液体黏度变化对等离子体烧蚀力、射流冲击力及空泡生存周期的影响. 实验结果表明：液体黏度相同时，靶材所受冲击力幅值随作用激光能量的增加单调上升；液体黏度增加时，靶材所受的冲击力减小，靶材的空化空蚀程度亦减小；受液体黏度增大的影响，空泡膨胀或收缩过程减缓，相应的生存周期也增大. 此外，对空泡溃灭周期公式进行修正, 结果表明修正后的理论估算值与实验值的一致性较好.     

超声场下刚性界面附近溃灭空化气泡的速度分析

为了揭示刚性界面附近气泡空化参数与微射流的相互关系, 从两气泡控制方程出发, 利用镜像原理, 建立了考虑刚性壁面作用的空化泡动力学模型. 数值对比了刚性界面与自由界面下气泡的运动特性, 并分析了气泡初始半径、气泡到固壁面的距离、声压幅值和超声频率对气泡溃灭的影响. 在此基础上, 建立了气泡溃灭速度和微射流的相互关系. 结果表明: 刚性界面对气泡振动主要起到抑制作用; 气泡溃灭的剧烈程度随气泡初始半径和超声频率的增加而降低, 随着气泡到固壁面距离的增加而增加; 声压幅值存在最优值, 固壁面附近的气泡在该最优值下气泡溃灭最为剧烈; 通过研究气泡溃灭速度和微射流的关系发现, 调节气泡溃灭速度可以达到间接控制微射流的目的.     

Optical and acoustic monitoring of bubble cloud dynamics at a tissue-fluid interface in ultrasound tissue erosion

Short, high-intensity ultrasound pulses have the ability to achieve localized, clearly demarcated erosion in soft tissue at a tissue-fluid interface. The primary mechanism for ultrasound tissue erosion is believed to be acoustic cavitation. To monitor the cavitating bubble cloud generated at a tissue-fluid interface, an optical attenuation method was used to record the intensity loss of transmitted light through bubbles. Optical attenuation was only detected when a bubble cloud was seen using high speed imaging. The light attenuation signals correlated well with a temporally changing acoustic backscatter which is an excellent indicator for tissue erosion. This correlation provides additional evidence that the cavitating bubble cloud is essential for ultrasound tissue erosion. The bubble cloud collapse cycle and bubble dissolution time were studied using the optical attenuation signals. The collapse cycle of the bubble cloud generated by a high intensity ultrasound pulse of 4-14 micros was approximately 40-300 micros depending on the acoustic parameters. The dissolution time of the residual bubbles was tens of ms long. This study of bubble dynamics may provide further insight into previous ultrasound tissue erosion results.     

激光烧蚀水下金属产生冲击波和空泡效应的研究

采用自行研制的高灵敏度光束偏转测试系统,对脉冲激光烧蚀水下金属产生的等离子体冲击波和空泡效应进行了实验研究。实验得到了激光等离子体冲击波的传播规律、冲击波与激光空泡的分离过程、空泡的脉动特性以及空泡溃灭冲击波的形成机制。结果表明,空泡最大和最小泡径、振荡周期均随着脉动次数的增加呈减小趋势,且减小幅度较大。最小收缩泡径由泡能和腔内含气量共同决定。在同一次脉动过程中,空泡膨胀所需的时间明显大于收缩所需的时间。     

水中脉冲放电等离子体通道特性及气泡破裂过程

利用高速摄影法对水中放电等离子体通道的边界层进行了研究,结果表明,当输入到单位长度通道内的功率密度较小时,通道边界存在较厚的过渡层,其亮度明显小于通道中间部分.根据等离子体通道的高速阴影照片指出该通道沿轴向具有非均匀性.另外,还给出了等离子体气泡最后破裂时的高速阴影照片,并对气泡破裂过程作了初步的探讨 关键词： 水中放电 等离子体     

一种水中爆炸气泡脉动实验研究方法

 在2 m×2 m×2 m的实验水箱中开展小当量PETN炸药水中爆炸气泡脉动实验时,利用弹性波从声阻抗高的物质传入声阻抗低的物质时的“减震缓冲”原理,采用在水箱壁贴低声阻抗材料的方法,有效降低了水箱壁反射冲击波对气泡脉动过程的影响,获得了清晰的气泡脉动过程图像、气泡水射流形成过程图像和气泡脉动压力曲线。将水箱实验结果与8 kg TNT当量爆炸水池实验结果对比,得到的最大相对误差仅为5.1%,验证了水箱实验方法的准确性,为炸药水中爆炸气泡脉动现象研究提供了一种简便有效的实验方法。     

Cavitation bubble collapse studied at 20 million frames per second

The collapse of laser-induced bubbles in water is investigated by high speed photography at framing rates as high as 20 million frames per second. The case of a spherical bubble in an unbounded liquid is compared with the Gilmore model. Bubbles collapsing in front of a solid wall show a rich dynamics depending on their normalized distance. Unprecedented details are given of the generic sequence of events leading to multiple shock waves and bubble shape metamorphosis upon collapse.     

Observations of cavitation erosion pit formation

Previous investigations showed that a single cavitation bubble collapse can cause more than one erosion pit (Philipp & Lauterborn [1]). But our preliminary study showed just the opposite – that in some cases a single cavitation pit can result from more than one cavitation event. The present study shows deeper investigation of this phenomenon. An investigation of the erosion effects of ultrasonic cavitation on a thin aluminum foil was made. In the study we observed the formation of individual pits by means of high speed cameras (>1000 fps) and quantitatively evaluated the series of images by stereoscopy and the shape from shading method. This enabled the reconstruction of the time evolution of the pit shape. Results show how the foil is deformed several times before a hole is finally punctured. It was determined that larger single pits result from several impacts of shock waves on the same area, which means that they are merely special cases of pit clusters (pit clusters where pits overlap perfectly). Finally it was shown that a thin foil, which is subjected to cavitation, behaves as a membrane. It was concluded that the physics behind erosion depends significantly on the means of generating cavitation (acoustic, hydrodynamic, laser light) and the specimen characteristics (thin foil, massive specimen), which makes comparison of results of materials resistance to cavitation from different experimental set-ups questionable.Further development of the shape from shading method in the scope of cavitation erosion testing will enable better evaluation of cavitation erosion models.     

Cavitation erosion by shockwave self-focusing of a single bubble

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 mechanism through which material is eroded remains vague, and the extremely fast and localized dynamics that lead to material damage has not been resolved. Here, we reveal the decisive mechanism that leads to energy focusing during the non-spherical collapse of cavitation bubbles and eventually results to the erosion of hardened metals. We show that a single cavitation bubble at ambient pressure close to a metal surface causes erosion only if a non-axisymmetric energy self-focusing is at play. The bubble during its collapse emits shockwaves that under certain conditions converge to a single point where the remaining gas phase is driven to a shockwave-intensified collapse. We resolve the conditions under which this self-focusing enhances the collapse and damages the solid. High-speed imaging of bubble and shock wave dynamics at sub-picosecond exposure times is correlated to the shockwaves recorded with large bandwidth hydrophones. The material damage from several metallic materials is detected in situ and quantified ex-situ via scanning electron microscopy and confocal profilometry. With this knowledge, approaches to mitigate cavitation erosion or to even enhance the energy focusing are within reach.     

Modelling of cavitational erosion in the area of surfaces of smooth contact

A qualitative and numerical analysis of the differential equation, describing pulsation of a symmetrical cavity in the area of the contact of smooth surfaces with different curvatures, forming a slot is presented in this article. This particular model is a slot between a plane and a sphere. Qualitative reasons of high erosion activity of such a toroidal bubble are defined. The boundary values were found when solutions of the equation are either non-harmonic periodic and non-vanishing, or vanishing (i.e., the bubble bursts). The results of this article can be applied to the controlling tasks of ultrasonic cavitation processes.