The dynamics of two air bubbles loaded by an underwater shock wave

Tetsuya Kodama, K. Takayama, N. Nagayasu

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Abstract

An experimental study has been made on the interaction of an underwater shock wave with two air bubbles attached to a gelatin surface. The shock wave was generated by detonating a microexplosive pellet, and the subsequent behavior of bubble collapse was visualized by high-speed photography. By measuring the directivity and the maximum depth of the liquid jets of the two bubbles penetrating into the gelatin, it was found that when the bubbles are beyond a critical separation distance, the depth of the penetration was no longer affected by the presence of the other bubble, and that the penetration depth for a given bubble in a two-bubble arrangement is a function of the size of the other bubble.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5587-5592
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Applied Physics
Volume80
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1996 Nov 15

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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