An Experimental Study of Cavitation Bubble Dynamics near a Complex Wall with a Continuous Triangular Arrangement

Abstract

The mechanism of cavitation cleaning of complex surfaces has received more and more attention. In the present paper, with the help of a high-speed photography experimental system, the dynamic behavior of a cavitation bubble in symmetrical positions near a complex wall with a continuous triangular arrangement is investigated. In terms of the bubble size and the initial wall–bubble distance, the non-uniform shrinkage of the bubble collapse and the movement characteristics of the bubble centroid are revealed. The main conclusions are as follows: (1) The collapse dynamic behavior of the bubble near a complex wall with a continuous triangular arrangement can be divided into three typical cases. (2) According to a large number of experimental results under different parameters, the parameter ranges corresponding to the three cases and the critical values between different cases are given. (3) The larger the bubble size is, or the smaller the initial wall–bubble distance is, the more significant the effect of the complex wall is, and the greater the movement distance towards the complex wall during the collapse stage.