To assess the contribution of apoptosis to the mechanism of synovial joint cavitation, and to clarify morphological cellular changes during cavitation, we investigated the development of the rat knee joint by light and electron microscopy, TUNEL methods, and electrophoresis of DNA fragments. Although cavitation occurred within the interzone, which consists of 2 outer and a middle layer termed t...

Recent testing of high-speed cavitating turbopump inducers has revealed the existence of more complex instabilities than the previously recognized cavitating surge and rotating cavitation. This paper explores one such instability that is uncovered by considering the effect of a downstream asymmetry, such as a volute on a rotating disturbance similar to (but not identical to) that which occurs i...

One of the causes of the breakdown of the mechanical heart valves (MHVs) is cavitation. A reliable in vitro test method to evaluate the cavitation potential has to be developed for the patients’ safety. It is the bubble implosion that damages the materials, thus observing the cavity implosion behavior is essential. According to sonoluminescence, the collapsing cavitation bubbles emit the faint ...

A test apparatus was designed and constructed to observe the effect of sinusoidal pitching oscillations on the cavitation of thredimensional hydrofoils. The apparatus is capable of oscillating hydrofoils at a rate up to 50 Hz and provides for adjustments in oscillation amplitude and mean angle of attack. Observations of the effect of pitching oscillation on cavitation have been made for a NACA ...

The temporal and spatial dynamics of cavitation bubble cloud growth and collapse in extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is studied experimentally. The first objective is obtaining reproducible cloud patterns experimentally and comparing them with FDTDcalculations. Second, we describe a method to modify the cavitation pattern by timing two consecutive pressure waves at variable delays. ...

The phenomenon of cavitation was investigated in an Enac-Osada ultrasonic unit using a #15 CaviEndo file 25-mm long. The observed cavitation was incorporated in a subsequent study which investigated the effects of cavitation on debridement, One group of 10 teeth was subjected to the cavitating file while a second group served as a control. Scanning electron microscopic observations revealed tha...

ABSTRACT: The paper contains the results of the study of cavitation dispersing in “liquid-solid” system. It is known that cavitation dispersing is one of energy effective methods of “liquid-solid” interface area increasing. For evaluation of cavitation dispersing modes providing maximum interface area the model of the process was developed. The model is based on simulation of bubble collapse ne...

Most of the research on cavitation with entrained air has focused military direction, but it ,about centrifugal pumps, which is relevant to people's livelihood, still relatively lacking. In order study basic law development inside pumps under aeration conditions, a test bench suitable for experiments incoming flow containing gas was obtained. Furthermore, single-stage single-suction 6-blade pum...

BACKGROUND High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) has gained clinical interest as a non-invasive local tumour therapy in many organs. In addition, it has been shown that lung cancer can be targeted by HIFU using One-Lung Flooding (OLF). OLF generates a gas free saline-lung compound in one lung wing and therefore acoustic access to central lung tumours. It can be assumed that lung parenchyma i...