[HTML][HTML] Fundamental studies of ultrasonic melt processing

DG Eskin, I Tzanakis, F Wang, GSB Lebon… - Ultrasonics …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ultrasonic (cavitation) melt processing attracts considerable interest from both academic and
industrial communities as a promising route to provide clean, environment friendly and …

Probing the pressure dependence of sound speed and attenuation in bubbly media: Experimental observations, a theoretical model and numerical calculations

AJ Sojahrood, Q Li, H Haghi, R Karshafian… - Ultrasonics …, 2023 - Elsevier
The problem of attenuation and sound speed of bubbly media has remained partially
unsolved. Comprehensive data regarding pressure-dependent changes of the attenuation …

[HTML][HTML] Low-intensity ultrasound induced cavitation and streaming in oxygen-supersaturated water: Role of cavitation bubbles as physical cleaning agents

T Yamashita, K Ando - Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
A number of acoustic and fluid-dynamic phenomena appear in ultrasonic cleaning baths
and contribute to physical cleaning of immersed surfaces. Propagation and repeated …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical modelling of acoustic streaming during the ultrasonic melt treatment of direct-chill (DC) casting

GSB Lebon, G Salloum-Abou-Jaoude, D Eskin… - Ultrasonics …, 2019 - Elsevier
Acoustic streaming and its attendant effects in the sump of a direct-chill (DC) casting process
are successfully predicted under ultrasonic treatment for the first time. The proposed …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasonic liquid metal processing: The essential role of cavitation bubbles in controlling acoustic streaming

GSB Lebon, I Tzanakis, K Pericleous, D Eskin… - Ultrasonics …, 2019 - Elsevier
The acoustic streaming behaviour below an ultrasonic sonotrode in water was predicted by
numerical simulation and validated by experimental studies. The flow was calculated by …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the ultrasound field of high viscosity mixtures: Experimental and numerical investigation of a lab scale batch reactor

A Bampouli, Q Goris, J Van Olmen, S Solmaz… - Ultrasonics …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, mixtures of increasing viscosity (from 0.9 to≈ 720 mPas) are sonicated directly
using an ultrasonic horn at 30 kHz to investigate the effect of viscosity on the ultrasound field …

Numerical simulation of ultrasonic enhancement by acoustic streaming and thermal effect on mass transfer through a new computation model

X Chen, Q Jiao, X Tan, W Wang - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mass transfer coefficient is an important parameter in the process of mass transfer to reflect
the degree of enhancement of mass transfer process in liquid–solid reaction and in non …

Modelling of low-frequency acoustic wave propagation in dilute gas-bubbly liquids

Z Wang, W Zhou, T Shu, Q Xue, R Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
A numerical modelling method for the low-frequency (∼ 10 2 Hz) acoustic wave propagation
in a bubbly fluid with a low gas fraction is developed in this paper. Based on the digital …

A computational framework for the multiphysics simulation of microbubble-mediated sonothrombolysis using a forward-viewing intravascular transducer

ZQ Tan, EH Ooi, YS Chiew, JJ Foo, EYK Ng, ET Ooi - Ultrasonics, 2023 - Elsevier
Sonothrombolysis is a technique that utilises ultrasound waves to excite microbubbles
surrounding a clot. Clot lysis is achieved through mechanical damage induced by acoustic …

Simulations of a full sonoreactor accounting for cavitation

I Garcia-Vargas, L Barthe, P Tierce… - Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
In spite of the increasing interest in ultrasound processing applications, industrial scale-up
remains limited, in particular by the unavailability of predictive computer tools. In this study …