Evolution of Spherical Cavitation Bubbles: Parametric and Closed-Form Solutions

Authors

S.C. Mancas, Munich University of Applied SciencesFollow
Haret C. Rosu, Instituto Potosino de Investigacion Cientifica y TecnologicaFollow

Submitting Campus

Daytona Beach

Department

Mathematics

Document Type

Article

Publication/Presentation Date

2-2016

Abstract/Description

We present an analysis of the Rayleigh-Plesset equation for a three dimensional vacuous bubble in water. In the simplest case when the effects of surface tension are neglected, the known parametric solutions for the radius and time evolution of the bubble in terms of a hypergeometric function are briefly reviewed. By including the surface tension, we show the connection between the Rayleigh-Plesset equation and Abel’s equation, and obtain the parametric rational Weierstrass periodic solutions following the Abel route. In the same Abel approach, we also provide a discussion of the nonintegrable case of nonzero viscosity for which we perform a numerical integration.

Publication Title

Physics of Fluids

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4942237

Publisher

American Institute of Physics

Additional Information

Dr. Mancas was on leave from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University on a research fellowship at Hochschule München at the time this paper was published.

Scholarly Commons Citation

Mancas, S., & Rosu, H. C. (2016). Evolution of Spherical Cavitation Bubbles: Parametric and Closed-Form Solutions. Physics of Fluids, 28(2). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4942237