Cavitation upon low-speed solid–liquid impact

Nathan B. Speirs; Kenneth R. Langley; Zhao Pan; Tadd T. Truscott; Sigurdur T. Thoroddsen

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27383-5

Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Cavitation upon low-speed solid–liquid impact

Nathan B. Speirs,
Kenneth R. Langley,
Zhao Pan,
Tadd T. Truscott,
Sigurdur T. Thoroddsen

Affiliations

Nathan B. Speirs: Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Kenneth R. Langley: Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Zhao Pan: Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo
Tadd T. Truscott: Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Sigurdur T. Thoroddsen: Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27383-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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A solid hitting a liquid surface normally creates a region of high pressure at the solid-liquid contact area. Now, it is shown that for a flat-bottomed cylinder hitting a liquid at low-enough impact speed, the local pressure is sufficiently low to cause the liquid to cavitate.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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