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20202026
most citedA unified theory for bubble dynamics

552 citations · 1k across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

physics.flu-dyn2026

A Free Sphere Reverses the Rebound Direction of a Near-Wall Cavitation Bubble

Chun-Zhu Ren, Jun Wen, Hai-Bao Hu +2

A near-wall cavitation bubble is generally expected to acquire a wallward Kelvin-impulse bias and to rebound or jet toward the wall. Here we show that this canonical direction can…

physics.flu-dyn2026

Cavitation-bubble Interaction with an Initially Perturbed Free Surface

Jingyu Gu, Zirui Liu, A-Man Zhang +1

The interaction of a spark-generated cavitation bubble with an initially perturbed free surface is investigated experimentally, numerically, and analytically. By exploiting contact…

math.NA2026

A bound-preserving oscillation-eliminating discontinuous Galerkin method with operator splitting for solving Kapila's five-equation model

Jia-Jun Zou, Yu-Chang Liu, Fan Zhang +3

This paper proposes a robust operator-splitting discontinuous Galerkin (DG) framework to overcome the severe stiffness-induced instabilities in simulating compressible two-phase fl…

physics.flu-dyn2026

Acoustic Signatures of Pinch-Off Cavities During Water-Entry

Zirui Liu, Tongtong Ding, Mingyue Kuang +4

This study experimentally, numerically, and theoretically investigates the cavity/bubble dynamics and radiated acoustics during the water entry of a centimeter-scale cylindrical pr…

physics.flu-dyn2026★ 8 cited

Supersonic jet dynamics from two-cavitation-bubble interactions: acceleration, tip fragmentation and penetration

Shuai Yan, A-Man Zhang, Tianyuan Zhang +3

This study experimentally and numerically investigates the dynamics of a high-speed liquid jet generated from the interaction of two tandem cavitation bubbles, termed bubble 1 and…

physics.flu-dyn2025★ 27 cited

New insights into the cavitation erosion by bubble collapse at moderate stand-off distances

Zhesheng Zhao, Shuai Li, Chengwang Xiong +3

Non-spherical bubble collapses near solid boundaries, generating water hammer pressures and shock waves, were recognized as key mechanisms for cavitation erosion. However, there is…

physics.flu-dyn2025★ 9 cited

Extension of the consistent -SPH model for multiphase flows considering the compressibility of different phases

Xiao-Ting Huang, Peng-Nan Sun, Hong-Guan Lyu +2

In hydrodynamic problems involving wave impact on structures, air compressibility is crucial for accurate pressure prediction when an air bubble is entrapped. In this work, the con…

physics.flu-dyn2025★ 17 cited

Influence of ambient temperature on cavitation bubble dynamics

Shaocong Pei, A-Man Zhang, Chang Liu +3

We investigate the influence of ambient temperature on the dynamics of spark-generated cavitation bubbles over a broad temperature range of 23 to 90. Increasing te…

physics.flu-dyn2025

Moving mesh FSI approach for VIV simulation based on DG method with AMR technique

Jia-Jun Zou, Yun-Long Liu, Qi Kong +1

Vortex-induced vibration (VIV) remains a fundamental yet computationally challenging problem in computational fluid dynamics (CFD). This study develops a moving mesh Fluid-structur…

physics.flu-dyn2025★ 1 cited

An unstructured block-based adaptive mesh refinement approach for explicit discontinuous Galerkin method

Yun-Long Liu, A-Man Zhang, Qi Konga +3

In the present paper, we present an adaptive mesh refinement(AMR) approach designed for the discontinuous Galerkin method for conservation laws. The block-based AMR is adopted to e…

physics.comp-ph2024

High-order Discontinuous Galerkin solver based on Jacobi polynomial expansion for compressible flows on unstructured meshes

Yu-Xiang Peng, Biao Wang, Peng-Nan Sun +1

Based on the Jacobi polynomial expansion, an arbitrary high-order Discontinuous Galerkin solver for compressible flows on unstructured meshes is proposed in the present work. First…

physics.flu-dyn2024★ 199 cited

A theoretical model for compressible bubble dynamics considering phase transition and migration

A-Man Zhang, Shi-Min Li, Run-Ze Xu +3

A novel theoretical model for bubble dynamics is established that simultaneously accounts for the liquid compressibility, phase transition, oscillation, migration, ambient flow fie…

physics.flu-dyn2024★ 1 cited

Cavitation bubble dynamics inside a droplet suspended in a different host fluid

Shuai Li, Zhesheng Zhao, A-Man Zhang +1

In this paper, we present a theoretical, experimental, and numerical study of the dynamics of cavitation bubbles inside a droplet suspended in another host fluid. On the theoretica…

physics.flu-dyn2023★ 69 cited

Theoretical study on bubble dynamics under hybrid-boundary and multi-bubble conditions using the unified equation

Zhang A-Man, Li Shi-Min, Cui Pu +2

This paper aims to use the unified bubble dynamics equation to investigate bubble behavior in complex scenarios involving hybrid free surface/wall boundaries and interactions betwe…

physics.flu-dyn2023★ 8 cited

Transient interactions between bubbles and a high-speed cylinder in underwater launches: An experimental and numerical study

Sai Zhang, Qihang Chen, Chang Liu +2

The underwater launch of high-speed vehicles involves complex bubble-structure interactions, which are not currently well understood. In this study, two small-scale experiments are…

physics.flu-dyn2023★ 31 cited

Interactions between a central bubble and a surrounding bubble cluster

A-Man Zhang, Shi-Min Li, Pu Cui +2

The interaction of multiple bubbles is a complex physical problem. A simplified case of multiple bubbles is studied theoretically with a bubble located at the center of a circular…

physics.flu-dyn2023★ 552 cited

A unified theory for bubble dynamics

A-Man Zhang, Shi-Min Li, Pu Cui +2

In this work, we established a novel theory for the dynamics of oscillating bubbles such as cavitation bubbles, underwater explosion bubbles, and air bubbles. For the first time, w…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 37 cited

On Nonlocal Cohesive Continuum Mechanics and Cohesive Peridynamic Modeling (CPDM) of Inelastic Fracture

Jing Han, Shaofan Li, Haicheng Yu +2

In this work, we developed a bond-based cohesive peridynamics model (CPDM) and apply it to simulate inelastic fracture by using the meso-scale Xu-Needleman cohesive potential . By…

physics.flu-dyn2020★ 81 cited

Modelling large scale airgun-bubble dynamics with highly non-spherical features

Shuai Li, Devaraj van der Meer, A-Man Zhang +2

A thorough understanding of the dynamics of meter-sized airgun-bubbles is very crucial to seabed geophysical exploration. In this study, we use the boundary integral method to inve…