Stable and Transient Acoustical Cavitation in Water and in Liquid Helium

Abstract

The occurrence of stable and transient acoustical cavitation in liquid helium has been reported recently by Finch et al. and by Jarman and Taylor. It appears to be similar to acoustical cavitation in unfiltered gassy water. Solutions to the non-dissipative incompressible differential equations for the motion of gaseous and/or vaporous cavities in water and liquid helium have been obtained on an analog computer, and these will be related to experimental data. [Work supported by a research grant from The University of Western Australia and by the U. S. Office of Naval Research.]