title: Mechanics of collapsing cavitation bubbles.
abstract: A brief survey is given of the dynamical phenomena accompanying the collapse of cavitation bubbles. The discussion includes shock waves, microjets and the various ways in which collapsing bubbles produce damage.
authors.affiliation: University of Twente, Physics of Fluids Group, and J.M. Burgers Centre for Fluid Dynamics, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Leen
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: van Wijngaarden
keywords: Bubbles; Cavitation; Microjets