Interaction of laser-induced cavitation bubbles with composite surfaces

The dynamics of a laser-induced cavitation bubble near a composite surface, consisting of either a thin rigid plate glued on a foam rubber (composite surface A) or a deformable rubber plate glued on a foam rubber (composite surface B), was investigated experimentally with high-speed photography. To understand the interaction between a cavitation bubble and a composite surface, the dynamic properties of the composite surfaces were measured with a modal analysis by providing a maximum frequency to 5 kHz, since the period of the bubble motion with the radius of 1 mm is about 200 μs. It was found that bubble migration was significantly influenced by the dynamic property of composite surfaces, showing a range of response between the free surface and rigid boundary cases. For one of the composite surfaces with a deformable rubber, bubble splitting was generated for γ<1.1, where γ=L/Rmax with L being the initial bubble location and Rmax the maximum bubble radius. A neutral bubble collapse occurred at a specified...

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