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Nonlinear dynamics of gas bubbles in viscoelastic media
Yang, Xinmai Church, Charles C.
Yang, Xinmai
Church, Charles C.
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Abstract
Understanding the behavior of cavitation bubbles driven by ultrasonic fields is an important problem in biomedical acoustics. The Keller–Miksis equation for nonlinear bubble dynamics is combined with the Voigt model for viscoelastic media. Using experimentally determined values, the effects of elasticity on bubble oscillations are studied. Inertial cavitation thresholds are determined using Rmax/R0=2, and subharmonic emissions are also estimated. The elasticity increases the threshold pressure for inertial cavitation, and subharmonic signals are significant only in a certain region of radii and driving pressures at a given frequency. These results should prove useful in cavitationdetection and bubble-enhanced imaging work.
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This is the published version. Copyright © 2005 Acoustical Society of America
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2005-04-11
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Acoustical Society of America
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Acoustic cavitation, Bubble dynamics, Elasticity, Nonlinear dynamics, Viscoelastic materials
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Yang, Xinmai, and Charles C. Church. "Nonlinear Dynamics of Gas Bubbles in Viscoelastic Media." Acoustics Research Letters Online 6.3 (2005): 151-56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.1897824