Gas Dynamics, Mass Transfer, and Chemical Reactions in Violently Collapsing Bubbles
Friday, March 30, 2001 4:00 p.m. Dr. Brian Storey Franklin W. Olin Cockrell School of Engineering Needham, Massachusetts http://www.olin.edu In sonochemistry, sonoluminescence, and shock-wave lithotripsy, micron-size bubbles are subjected to intense ultrasound fields. Often, bubbles in these applications experience a long, slow expansion before undergoing a collapse so violent that the contents of the bubble…