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Wavelet analysis techniques in cavitating flows

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posted on 2023-05-19, 22:28 authored by Paul BrandnerPaul Brandner, James VenningJames Venning, Bryce PearceBryce Pearce
Cavitating and bubbly flows involve a host of physical phenomena and processes ranging from nucleation, surface and interfacial effects, mass transfer via diffusion and phase change to macroscopic flow physics involving bubble dynamics, turbulent flow interactions and two-phase compressible effects. The complex physics that result from these phenomena and their interactions make for flows that are difficult to investigate and analyse. From an experimental perspective, evolving sensing technology and data processing provide opportunities for gaining new insight and understanding of these complex flows, and the continuous wavelet transform (CWT) is a powerful tool to aid in their elucidation. Five case studies are presented involving many of these phenomena in which the CWT was key to data analysis and interpretation. A diverse set of experiments are presented involving a range of physical and temporal scales and experimental techniques. Bubble turbulent break-up is investigated using hydroacoustics, bubble dynamics and high-speed imaging; microbubbles are sized using light scattering and ultrasonic sensing, and large-scale coherent shedding driven by various mechanisms are analysed using simultaneous high-speed imaging and physical measurement techniques. The experimental set-up, aspect of cavitation being addressed, how the wavelets were applied, their advantages over other techniques and key findings are presented for each case study.

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Publication title

Philosophical Transactions A

Volume

376

Issue

2126

Article number

20170242

Number

20170242

Pagination

1-21

ISSN

1364-503X

Department/School

Australian Maritime College

Publisher

Royal Soc London

Place of publication

6 Carlton House Terrace, London, England, Sw1Y 5Ag

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Copyright 2018 The Authors

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Emerging defence technologies; Maritime; Expanding knowledge in engineering

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