Sonic Effervescence: A Tutorial on Acoustic Cavitation

Abstract

The objective of this tutorial article is to give the reader a semi-quantitative appreciation for the physical phenomena and many applications that fall under the term: acoustic cavitation. Because of the required brevity of this effort, much is left out, and, therefore, the reader is asked to forgive omissions of content and attribution which are found, instead, in the comprehensive review articles and books found in the bibliography.