Waves in liquids with vapour bubbles

TLDR: In this paper, an analysis of the microscopic fields of physical parameters is aimed at closing the system of equations for averaged characteristics, and an elliptic equation is obtained to determine the field of the mixture average pressure at an arbitrary time through known fields of the remaining quantities.

Abstract: An investigation of wave processes in liquids with vapour bubbles with interphase heat and mass transfer is presented. A single-velocity two-pressure model is used which takes into account both the liquid radial inertia due to medium volume changes, and the temperature distribution around the bubbles. An analysis of the microscopic fields of physical parameters is aimed at closing the system of equations for averaged characteristics. The original system of differential equations of the model is modified to a form suitable for numerical integration. An elliptic equation is obtained to determine the field of the mixture average pressure at an arbitrary time through the known fields of the remaining quantities. The existence of the steady structure of shock waves, either monotonic or oscillatory, is proved. The effect of the initial conditions, shock strength, volume fraction, and dispersity of the vapour phase and of the thermophysical properties of the phases on shock-wave structure and relaxation time is studied. The influence of nonlinear, dispersion and dissipative effects on the wave evolution is also investigated. The shock adiabat for reflected waves is analysed. The results obtained have proved that the interphase heat and mass transfer determined by the thermal diffusivity of the liquid greatly influences the wave structure. The possible enhancement of disturbances in the region of their initiation is shown. The model has been tested for suitability and the results of calculations have been compared with experimental data.