69th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics (November 20, 2016 — November 22, 2016)

P0041: Cavitation's mischief

Authors
  • Mao Maeshima, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
  • Honoka Kudo, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
  • Yusuke Mukai, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
  • Keisuke Hayasaka, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
  • Yoshiyuki Tagawa, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/APS.DFD.2016.GFM.P0041

She accidentally fell a test tube filled with a liquid. The tube was broken after impacting a floor. She thought that this was due to the impact itself. However, high-speed imaging reveals that the tube was not broken by the impact but by the collapse of cavitation bubbles.

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