Numerical Approach of Laser-Induced Spherical Microcavitation Bubbles: Effect of Enthalpy

Abstract

Over the past decades, interest has increased in studying different techniques to detect the importance of microbubbles in many industrial and medical applications such as mechanisms of hydraulic machinery cavitation erosion, histotripsy, and lithotripsy. The behavior from early irregular oscillations to late regular oscillations of spherical microcavitation bubbles produced by lasers in water was studied by means of plasma photography. Repetition of such delayed oscillations results in quantities of gas/vapour inside the spherical bubbles. Using the modified Gilmore model of cavitation microbubble dynamics, calculations were made for the laser pulse energy, microbubble radius behavior, and microbubble growth rate. Additionally, the pressure evolution inside the bubble, and pressures distribution surrounding of microbubbles in liquid are investigated under the effect of different values of initial cavitation of microbubble radius. The effect of enthalpy is considered into account. The proposed model is solved numerically using numerical techniques as a finite difference method. In addition, the radius of the microbubbles is calculated as a function of time under the influence of the initial radius of these laser-induced microcavitations. Moreover, some physical properties and numerical calculations of the presented mathematical model for cavitation induced by lasers bubbles are deduced, analyzed and investigated.