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A Molecular Scale Study Of Cavitation Growth And Shock Response In Soft Materials, Khandakar Mahmud
A Molecular Scale Study Of Cavitation Growth And Shock Response In Soft Materials, Khandakar Mahmud
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dissertations
Cavitation is a mechanism through which small vapor-filled cavities are formed in a liquid medium due to rapid changes of pressure. In liquid, the cavitation bubble is created when surrounding pressure drops below the saturation vapor pressure. Here, cavitation formation due to shock wave is considered. The molecular level heterogeneous and homogenous cavitation mechanisms and bubble growth kinetics in soft gelatin hydrogel and water has been studied. Gelatin, which is derived from collagen, is frequently used as a brain simulant material. As such, the morphology of gelatin is very different from water. In the heterogeneous cavitation study, using molecular dynamics …
A Multiscale Study Of Cavitation Mechanism And Damage In Soft Materials, Fuad Hasan
A Multiscale Study Of Cavitation Mechanism And Damage In Soft Materials, Fuad Hasan
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dissertations
Cavitation is defined as the formation and growth of the gaseous bubble in bulk liquid due to the tensile pressure followed by the violent collapse. The collapse of the bubble is particularly significant due to its potential to cause damage to relatively stronger materials by either creating pressure waves (symmetric collapse) or liquid jet (asymmetric collapse). The study of cavitation in soft materials (e.g., tissue, brain, gelatin gel, etc.) has, therefore, gained a fair share of attention in the scientific communities. Recent studies have indicated that cavitation could be one of the leading causes of the mild Traumatic Brain Injury …