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    Observations on the dynamics of bubble cluster in an ultrasonic field

    , Article Nonlinear Dynamics ; Volume 72, Issue 3 , 2013 , Pages 561-574 ; 0924090X (ISSN) Behnia, S ; Zahir, H ; Yahyavi, M ; Barzegar, A ; Mobadersani, F ; Sharif University of Technology
    2013
    Abstract
    The dynamics driven interaction between the bubbles in a cavitation cluster is known to be a complex phenomenon indicative of a highly active nonlinear as well as chaotic behavior in ultrasonic fields. By considering the cluster of encapsulated microbubble with a thin elastic shell in ultrasonic fields, in this paper, the dynamics of microbubbles has been studied via applying the methods of chaos physics. Bifurcation, Lyapunov exponent, and time series are plotted with respect to variables such as amplitude, initial bubble radius, frequency and viscosity. The findings of the study indicate that a bubble cluster undergoes a chaotic unstable region as the amplitude and frequency of ultrasonic... 

    An experimental review on microbubble generation to be used in echo-particle image velocimetry method to determine the pipe flow velocity

    , Article Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME ; Volume 135, Issue 3 , Feb , 2013 , Paper No: FE-12-1217 ; 00982202 (ISSN) Salari, A ; Shafii, M. B ; Shirani, S ; Sharif University of Technology
    2013
    Abstract
    Microbubbles are broadly used as ultrasound contrast agents. In this paper we use a low-cost flow focusing microchannel fabrication method for preparing microbubble contrast agents by using some surface active agents and a viscosity enhancing material to obtain appropriate microbubbles with desired lifetime and stability for any in vitro infusion for velocity measurement. All the five parameters that govern the bubble size extract and some efforts are done to achieve the smallest bubbles by adding suitable surfactant concentrations. By using these microbubbles for the echo-particle image velocimetry method, we experimentally determine the velocity field of steady state and pulsatile pipe...