伴随气泡和气穴的低压液压管路瞬态分析

利用流体动力学原理,基于低压液压管路瞬态脉动过程中气泡和气穴同时存在的假设,在连续方程和运动方程的基础上,建立了低压液压管路中伴随气泡和气穴的瞬态脉动数学模型,给出了摩擦阻力项数学模型以及气泡和气穴的体积计算数学模型。并采用有限差分法和Matlab/Simulink,对一段等径水平直管道中有气泡和气穴产生时的压力瞬态脉动特性进行了仿真分析和实验研究。瞬态压力脉动波的仿真结果与实验数据的比较表明:所提出的伴随气泡和气穴的低压液压管路瞬态数学模型是合理的,仿真方法是可行的。     

Liquid thermal conductivity of binary mixtures of difluoromethane (R32) and pentafluoroethane (R125)

The thermal conductivities of refrigerant mixtures of difluoromethane (R32) and pentafluoroethane (R125) in the liquid phase are presented. The thermal conductivities were measured with the transient hot-wire method with one bare platinum wire. The experiments were conducted in the temperature range of 233–323 K and in the pressure range of 2–20 MPa. An empirical equation to describe the thermal conductivity of a near-azeotropic mixture, R32+R125, is provided based on the measured 168 thermal conductivity data as a function of temperature and pressure. The dependence of thermal conductivity on the composition at different temperatures and pressures is also presented. The uncertainty of our measurements is estimated to be ±2%. Paper dedicated to Professor Edward A. Mason.     

Nonmonotonic behavior of the maximum collapse pressure in a cavitation bubble

Calculations which are relevant to the determination of the maximum collapse pressure generated inside a microbubble as a function of peak pressure in the driving ultrasonic pulse are presented. It is found that above the threshold for transient cavitation, the maximum collapse pressure has a nonmonotonic variation. This result is explained on the basis of phase differences between the external applied acoustic pulse and the resulting bubble response.     

Thresholds for inertial cavitation in albunex suspensions under pulsed ultrasound conditions

Stabilized microbubbles used as echo-contrast agents can be destroyed by ultrasonic irradiation. We have identified two pressure thresholds at which these microbubbles undergo inertial cavitation (here, defined as the collapse of gas bubbles followed by emission of an acoustic broadband noise). The first threshold (P1) corresponds to the pressure at which all the microbubbles in a cavitation field lose their property as an effective scatterer because of fragmentation or deflation. The second threshold (P2) is associated with the acoustic reactivation of the remnants of the contrast agents and is related to the onset of more violent inertial cavitation. P1 and P2 were measured as a function of the concentration of Albunex(R) (Molecular Biosystems Inc., San Diego, CA) contrast agent, the number of transmitting acoustic cycles, and the pulse repetition frequency (PRF). The ultrasound frequency used was 1.1 MHz, and the peak negative acoustic pressures ranged from 0 to 8 MPa. Our results, measured in Isoton(R) II (Coulter Diagnostics, Miami, FL) and whole blood solutions, showed that P1 increased with increasing Albunex(R) concentration and decreased with increasing PRF, whereas P2 decreased with increasing Albunex(R) concentration and was independent of the PRF. Both P1 and P2 decreased with increasing number of acoustic cycles N for N<10 and were independent of the number of cycles for N>10. Ultrasound images of Albunex(R) acquired by a commercial scanner showed echo enhancement not only at pressure levels below P1 but also at levels above P2. The threshold P2 was achieved at ultrasound energies above the diagnostic level. Inertial cavitation produced at P2 was associated with a higher level of hemolysis compared with P1. The results of this investigation have potential significance for both diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound applications     

Comparison between the effects of cavitation induced by two different pressure-time shock waveform pulses

Acoustic cavitation generates very large localized pressures and temperatures, and thus provides a mechanism whereby physical and biological effects are produced in a high-intensity acoustic field. In this work, we studied the influence of the temporal form of a pressure pulse waveform on the destructive effects of transient cavitation. Two different shock pressure-time waveforms with nearly the same acoustic energy content were used. The first pressure waveform starts with a tensile wave followed by a compressive one, and the second pressure waveform starts with a compressive wave followed by a tensile one. These two pressure waveforms are called direct and inverse-mode pulses respectively. Based on the measurements presented in this work, we can state that, between the two types of shock pressure pulses studied, the direct-mode pulse amplifies systematically tile cavitation effect. This conclusion was achieved from a series of several quantitative and qualitative experiments: cavitation bubble collapse time, disintegration efficacy of plaster balls (a kidney stone-mimicking material), macroscopic study of lesions in agar gel and in vitro isolated rabbit liver tissue destruction. Considering these results and those obtained by other research groups, we can express that the temporal form of a shock pressure pulse has a major role on the cavitation effects.     

脉冲激光击穿水介质特性的实验研究

针对激光击穿水介质过程中的微观及宏观特性研究,利用调QNd：YAG激光聚焦击穿水介质形成激光声源,采用高速摄像机、高频测量水听器对激光击穿水介质过程中的等离子腔体闪光、空泡脉动、近／远场声波特性等综合效应进行了实验测量。实验表明：激光空泡的特征与水动力空化空泡相似;激光声信号强度在光击穿条件下与入射激光能量具有一定的线性关系;声脉冲高频段占声能的主要部分。研究结果可为水下激光加工、激光医学、激光声的研究提供一定的理论和实验支持。     

基于小波奇异性理论的水轮机空化检测

空化噪声谱分析中常采用的功率谱分析在研究空化噪声这种具有很强突变性的信号时具有明显的缺陷,文中提出了一种基于小波奇异性理论的水轮机空化检测方法,并提出了小波基选择方案、突变点检测条件和最佳检测阈值。进行了混流式水轮机的模型转轮试验,观测了模型转轮额定工况下的涡带形态和空化发展情况,并采集存储了大量空化噪声数据。对照观测结果分析实际的检测数据,结果表明该方法的有效性,并很好的检测出空化初生和空化形态转变。     

空化噪声谱的分离

提出了一种用于分析超声空化声场的分离法,应用该方法研究了低频超声清洗声场,并和常用的谱级分析法进行比较。结果表明该分离法能直观地反映出空化的强弱,可以较细致地对瞬态空化和稳态空化进行比较分析,而且便于对空化声场的非线性过程进行更深入地了解,这对于研究声能量对物质的作用机制具有一定意义,此外也表明Frohly等人在研究了高频超声空化声场后所得出的表征空化活动强弱的指标同样适用于评判低频超声场。     

混流泵启动过程非稳态空化的试验研究

为了分析混流泵启动过程瞬态扬程理论模型的适用性及非稳态空化过程,通过高速摄影和压力测量试验,探讨不同空化数、不同流量工况下启动过程中叶顶区空化状态特性。试验研究结果表明,已有理论模型可应用于混流泵启动过程,同时验证试验结果准确性。在启动过程中,空化最先发生在叶顶区域头部。当启动完成时,叶顶空化区域可分为两部分,一部分为出现在叶顶区的三角形的空化云团;另一部分为刮起涡空化。在同一流量工况下,随着空化数降低,垂直空化涡会在启动过程中出现并且发展。在同一空化数下,随着流量减小,垂直空化涡延迟出现,并且空化区域减小。     

调节阀空化噪声数值分析

针对工程实际应用中调节阀普遍出现的空化及其产生的噪声问题,采用基于流声场声振耦合的数值分析方法,研究了不同开度与不同压差对空化噪声的影响。调节阀的空化噪声是阀门产生噪声的原因之一,传统的方法很难准确的分析和预测这种噪声。首先利用CFD软件计算调节阀内的三维瞬态流场,然后将瞬态流场的计算信息作为声场计算的激励信号施加到调节阀阀体上,最后基于声振耦合的方法对其进行声学响应计算。结果表明：本文所研究的调节阀空化噪声随着开度的增加呈先减小后增大的趋势;当调节阀进出口压差增大时,空化噪声也随之增大,在出口压力为0.45MPa时,噪声达到了93.2dB;通过数值模拟得到云图可作为分析噪声产生位置的依据,计算得到的噪声大小可作为判断空化程度的依据,为声学检测阀门空化程度提供数据支持。     

Deep penetration analysis with dynamic cylindrical cavitation fields

Dynamic cylindrical cavitation fields are studied for a family of plastic orthotropic solids with arbitrary strain hardening response. Analysis is within the framework of plane-strain, steady state flow theory of associated plasticity. New formulae for cavitation pressure are validated against accurate numerical analysis and contact is made with existing studies. A uniform procedure is presented for estimating penetration depth of rigid axisymmetric projectiles at normal impact. Comparison with available experimental data reveals a very good agreement for both spherical and cylindrical dynamic cavitation models. Quasi-static cavitation pressure formulae can predict penetration depth with an appropriate scaling of the yield stress. The scaling factors appear to be independent of material properties but reflect the shape of head profile.     

Stable and transient subharmonic emissions from isolated contrast agent microbubbles

Ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) have been widely studied in recent years in order to improve and develop new, sophisticated imaging techniques for clinical applications. In order to improve the understanding of microbubble-ultrasound interactions, an acoustic dynamic characterization of UCA microbubble behavior was performed in this work using a high frame-rate acquiring and processing system. This equipment is connected to a commercial scanner that provides RF beam-formed data with a frame-rate of 30 Hz. Acquired RF sequences allows us to follow the dynamics of cavitation mechanisms in its temporal evolution during different insonifying conditions. The experimental setup allowed us to keep the bubbles free in a spatial region of the supporting medium, thus avoiding boundary effects that can alter the ultrasound field and the scattered echo from bubbles. The work focuses on the study of subharmonic emission from an isolated bubble of contrast agent. In particular, the acoustic pressure threshold for a subharmonic stable emission was evaluated for a subset of 50 microbubbles at 3.3 MHz and at 5 MHz of insonation frequencies. An unexpected second pressure threshold, which caused the stand still of the subharmonic emission, was detected at 3.3 MHz and 5 MHz excitation frequencies. A transient subharmonic emission, which is hypothesized as being related to the formation of new free gas bubbles, was detected during the ultrasound-induced destruction of microbubbles. An experimental procedure was devised in order to investigate these behaviors and several sequences of RF echo signals and the related spectra, acquired from an isolated bubble in different insonation conditions, are presented and discussed in this paper.     

Time integration of mechanical systems with elastohydrodynamic lubricated joints using Quasi‐Newton method and projection formulations

This work deals with the efficient time integration of mechanical systems with elastohydrodynamic (EHD) lubricated joints. Two novel approaches are presented. First, a projection function is used to formulate the well‐known Swift–Stieber cavitation condition and the mass‐conservative cavitation condition of Elrod as an unconstrained problem. Based on this formulation, the pressure variable from the EHD problem is added to the dynamic equations of a multi‐body system in a monolithic manner so that cavitation is solved within a global iteration. Compared with a partitioned state‐of‐the‐art formulation, where the pressure is solved locally in a nonlinear force element, this global search reduces simulation time. Second, a Quasi‐Newton method of DeGroote is applied during time integration to solve the nonlinear relation between pressure and deformation. Compared with a simplified Newton method, the calculation of the time‐consuming parts of the Jacobian are avoided, and therefore, simulation time is reduced significantly, when the Jacobian is calculated numerically. Solution strategies with the Quasi‐Newton method are presented for the partitioned formulation as well as for the new DAE formulations with projection function. Results are given for a simulation example of a rigid shaft in a flexible bearing. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A Comprehensive Experimental Study on Finishing Aluminum Tube by Proposed UAMAF Process

In this paper, a new noncontact ultrasonic magnetic abrasive finishing mechanism is presented. An ultrasonic vibration producer is used to vibrate the permanent magnets. The ferromagnetic steel grits in the created magnetic field form a flexible finishing tool. To take advantage of cavitation collapse pressure, the finishing zone components are immersed in water. The present work also studies the effect of parameters, i.e., time duration for finishing and working gap between magnetic poles and the workpiece on the surface roughness (Ra). The microscopic pictures and the roughness profile diagrams demonstrate the advantages of the proposed method.     

不同多相流模型在航行体出水流场数值模拟中的应用

基于VOF和Mixture两种均相流模型,并结合输运方程类空化模型、k-ε湍流模型和动网格技术,针对圆柱形航行体出水过程进行了数值模拟,获得了无空化、带空泡两种状态下航行体出水过程中的多相流物理景象和表面压力变化历程。根据计算结果分析了VOF模型、Mixture模型在多相流界面捕捉、压力计算等方面的异同,并给出了两种模型的适用范围,在理论研究和工程应用上都具有重要意义。     

The sonically induced cavitation of liquid helium

The onset of sonically induced cavitation in liquid helium at frequencies between 30 and 40 kHz has been studied. In helium II, two types of cavitation activity were identified: acoustic cavitation whose characteristic noise can be detected, and visible cavitation in which vaporous cavities grow to visible size. The onset of acoustic cavitation is statistical in nature with increasing event rates as the sound pressure amplitude is increased and whose threshold depends on the waiting time at that particular amplitude. The acoustic threshold sound pressure amplitude in helium II between 1.8° K andT was found to lie within 0.15 mb of 0.3 mb, the variation of ±0.15 mb occurring from one determination to another, whereas the sound pressure amplitude corresponding to the visible threshold was about a hundred times larger. These two distinct types of sonically induced cavitation appear to be unique to liquid helium. However, aboveT the two thresholds were found to coincide at a sound pressure amplitude within 0.4 mb of 0.8 mb. The characteristics of the onset of acoustic cavitation were found to be independent of applied static pressure of up to 1.5 atm above and belowT and in helium II they were unaffected by filtering, heat flushing, or rotating the liquid. The results suggest that liquid helium is nucleated by random events initiated by the ambient cosmic radiation or by vortices generated in the liquid, and they imply that at ultrasonic frequencies this liquid cannot withstand a tensile stress and behaves in this respect like water saturated with gas and containing dust motes. Attempts to determine the onset of acoustic cavitation by scattering light off the bubbles or by detecting sonoluminescence were not successful: The upper limit to the size of these bubbles was shown to be about 30 µm and the intensity of any sonoluminescence must have been less than 10^–4 of that from cavitating water. The possibilities of exploiting the two types of cavitation activity in liquid helium in the construction of a posttriggerable ultrasonic bubble chamber for visualizing the tracks of ionizing particles are discussed, as are the theoretical background and future development of the work presented in this paper.     

Toward a reference ultrasonic cavitation vessel: Part 2--investigating the spatial variation and acoustic pressure threshold of inertial cavitation in a 25 kHz ultrasound field

As part of an ongoing project to establish a reference facility for acoustic cavitation at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), carefully controlled studies on a 25 kHz, 1.8 kW cylindrical vessel are described. Using a patented high-frequency acoustic emission detection method and a sonar hydrophone, results are presented of the spatial variation of inertial acoustic cavitation with increasing peak-negative pressure. Results show that at low operating levels, inertial acoustic cavitation is restricted to, and is strongly localized on, the vessel axis. At intermediate power settings, inertial acoustic cavitation also occurs close to the vessel walls, and at higher settings, a complex spatial variation is seen that is not apparent in measurements of the 25 kHz driving field alone. At selected vessel locations, a systematic investigation of the inertial cavitation threshold is described. This was carried out by making simultaneous measurements of the peak-negative pressures leading to inertial cavitation and the resultant MHz-frequency emissions, and indicates an inertial cavitation threshold of 101 kPa +/- 14% (estimated expanded uncertainty). However, an intermediate threshold at 84 kPa +/- 14% (estimated expanded uncertainty) is also seen. The results are discussed alongside theoretical predictions and recent experimental findings.     

Degradation of alachlor in aqueous solution by using hydrodynamic cavitation

The degradation of alachlor aqueous solution by using hydrodynamic cavitation was systematically investigated. It was found that alachlor in aqueous solution can be deomposed with swirling jet-induced cavitation. The degradation can be described by a pseudo-first-order kinetics and the degradation rate was found to be 4.90 × 10⁻² min⁻¹. The effects of operating parameters such as fluid pressure, solution temperature, initial concentration of alachlor and medium pH on the degradation rates of alachlor were also discussed. The results showed that the degradation rates of alachlor increased with increasing pressure and decreased with increasing initial concentration. An optimum temperature of 40 °C existed for the degradation rate of alachlor and the degradation rate was also found to be slightly depend on medium pH. Many degradation products formed during the process, and some of them were qualitatively identified by GC–MS.     

Study of the collapse of a cavitation cavity close to a solid wall

The dynamics of cavitation cavities are affected by the presence of a wall. An expression is obtained for the pressure fluctuations acting on the wall.