Observation of acoustic cavitation bubbles at 2250 frames per second.
Acoustically induced cavitation at 20 kHz is observed by means of high speed CCD recording at a frame-rate of 2250 per second. Using digital image processing the bubbles' trajectories are reconstructed. The experimental data reveal that collision and coalescence of bubbles is a predominant phenomenon that limits their individual lifetime. Measurements of bubble sizes and velocities are in agreement with previous results.
Luther
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Drittes Physikalisches Institut, Universität Göttingen, Bürgerstrasse 42-44, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany. s.luther@physik3.gwdg.de
Mettin
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Koch
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Lauterborn
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