Robust acoustic wave manipulation of bubbly liquids

• Main Authors: Gumerov, N. A., Akhatov, I. S., Sametov, S. P., Khazimullin, M. V., Ohl, Claus-Dieter, Gonzalez-Avila, Silvestre Roberto
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Bubble dynamics; Acoustic waves
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81520; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40828
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Experiments with water–air bubbly liquids when exposed to acoustic fields of frequency ∼100 kHz and intensity below the cavitation threshold demonstrate that bubbles ∼30 μm in diameter can be “pushed” away from acoustic sources by acoustic radiation independently from the direction of gravity. This...