Abstract
Abstract Extreme flow acceleration in the water can induce large cavitation bubbles in the hydraulic machinery, and cause liquid column separations in the pipeline. The abrupt collapse of these large bubbles produces strong pressure oscillation and causes catastrophic destruction instantaneously. Considering the complexity of the shapes of pipelines in engineering, we experimentally study the transient bubble dynamics in a conical-frustum shaped tube by a modified tube-arrest method in the present paper. Three shapes of cavitation bubbles are observed during the transient processes: (A) conical-frustum shaped bubbles originated from the bottom; (B) hemispherical bubbles originated from the side wall; (C) conical-frustum shaped bubbles originated from the liquid bulk. It is seen that the locations of the cavitation bubbles strongly depend on the geometries and the surface roughness of the tube, and the nucleation status of the bulk liquid.
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