Year
1993
Degree Name
Master of Engineering (Hons.)
Department
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Recommended Citation
Harvey, Steven Brian, Image analysis of a pulsating vapour bubble, Master of Engineering (Hons.) thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wollongong, 1993. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/2516
Abstract
A technique is presented that enables flow quantities such as the pressure, surface velocity potential and normal surface velocity of a single vapour bubble evolving near a rigid boundary to be determined unobtrusively from its shape history. To achieve this, high-speed ciné film images of the bubble's motion are digitally analysed and the normal surface velocity determined. Application of the boundary integral method enables the potential field, and by use of the Bernoulli equation the pressure field, to be recreated.
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.