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    Cavitation is a phenomenon where small vapor-filled cavities form inside a liquid due to rapid changes in pressure, and there are two main types: inertial cavitation, where a vapor bubble rapidly collapses producing a shock wave; and non-inertial cavitation, where a bubble is forced to oscillate in size or shape due to acoustic vibrations. Cavitation is caused when the local absolute pressure of a liquid drops below its vapor pressure and can occur in nature, in propellers, and has applications in enhancing chemical reactions and breaking up kidney stones.

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    Cavitation is a phenomenon where small vapor-filled cavities form inside a liquid due to rapid changes in pressure, and there are two main types: inertial cavitation, where a vapor bubble rapidly collapses producing a shock wave; and non-inertial cavitation, where a bubble is forced to oscillate in size or shape due to acoustic vibrations. Cavitation is caused when the local absolute pressure of a liquid drops below its vapor pressure and can occur in nature, in propellers, and has applications in enhancing chemical reactions and breaking up kidney stones.

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    Cavitation is a phenomenon where small vapor-filled cavities form inside a liquid due to rapid changes in pressure, and there are two main types: inertial cavitation, where a vapor bubble rapidly collapses producing a shock wave; and non-inertial cavitation, where a bubble is forced to oscillate in size or shape due to acoustic vibrations. Cavitation is caused when the local absolute pressure of a liquid drops below its vapor pressure and can occur in nature, in propellers, and has applications in enhancing chemical reactions and breaking up kidney stones.

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    What is CAVITATION?

    It is a phenomenon in which small vapor-filled cavities


    are formed inside the liquid due to rapid changes in
    the pressure.
    Inertial(transient)

    CAVITATION

    Non-Inertial
    1) INERTIAL CAVITATION
     Vapor bubble rapidly collapses inside the liquid
    producing a shock wave.

    2) NON-INERTIAL CAVITATION
    • Bubble is forced to oscillate in size or shape due to
    some acoustic field(sound vibrations).
    Causes of CAVITATION
     Caused by the drop in local absolute pressure of liquid
    below the vapor pressure.
    Pab < Pvap
    CAVITATION in nature
    CAVITATION in propellers
    CAVITATION as destroyer
    Mechanism of CAVITATION
    CAVITATION in pumps
    Applications of CAVITATION
     Enhance chemical reactions
     Breaking kidney stones
     Waste water treatment plants-extreme cavitation used
    to breakdown pollutants
     Ultrasonic fat cavitation therapy
    REFERENCE:-

     www.wikipedia.org

     Dan Stefanescu, IET, National Science: YouTube

     Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications


    (4th edition) by Yunus A. Çengel and John M. Cimbala

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