Cavitation and Bubble Dynamics [Hardcover]

This book provides a coherent and unified treatment of the fundamental physical processes involved in bubble dynamics and the phenomenon of cavitation. Of interest to a wide range of mechanical engineers, the study of cavitation and bubbly flows is applicable to topics ranging from valve damage in hydroelectric equipment, ship propellers, and internal combustion engines to the performance of turbines and pumps of all sizes. Well-written and up-to-date, the book will prove indispensable to engineers and students needing a reference detailing the problems of cavitation and bubbly flow.

1. Phase Change, Nucleation and Cavitation
1.1. Introduction
1.2. The Liquid State
1.3. Fluidity and Elasticity
1.4. Illustration of Tensile Strength
1.5. Cavitation and Boiling
1.6. Types of Nucleation
1.7. Homogeneous Nucleation Theory
1.8. Comparison with Experiments
1.9. Experiments of Tensile Strength
1.10. Heterogeneous Nucleation
1.11. Nucleation Site Populations
1.12. Effect of Contaminant Gas
1.13. Nucleation in Flowing Liquids
1.14. Viscous Effects in Cavitation Inception
1.15. Cavitation Inception Measurements
1.16. Cavitation Inception Data
1.17. Scaling of Cavitation Inception
2. Spherical Bubble Dynamics
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Rayleigh-Plesset Equation
2.3. Bubble Contents
2.4. In the Absence of Thermal Effects
2.5. Stability of Vapor/Gas Bubbles
2.6. Growth by Mass Diffusion
2.7. Thermal Effects on Growth
2.8. Thermally Controlled Growth
2.9. Non-Equilibrium Effects
2.10. Convective Effects
2.11. Surface Roughening Effects
2.12. Non-Spherical Perturbations
3. Cavitation Bubble Collapse
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Bubble Collapse
3.3. Thermally Controlled Collapse
3.4. Thermal Effects in Bubble Collapse
3.5. Non-Spherical Shape During Collapse
3.6. Cavitation Damage
3.7. Damage Due to Cloud Collapse
3.8. Cavitation Noise
3.9. Cavitation Luminescence