Seattle, Washington 98105 [email protected] In order to better understand the contribution of bubble collapse to stone comminution in shockwave lithotripsy, the shockinduced and Rayleigh collapse of a spherical air bubble is investigated using numerical simulations, and the free-field collapse of a cavitation bubble is studied experimentally. In shock-induced collapse near a wall, it is...

In this paper, we investigate unsteady behavior of flexible vessels carrying a blood flow. Membrane model with constant tension for the vessel walls and incompressible newtonian fluid approximation for blood is adopted. Developed computational model is applied to simulate the coupled fluid-wall behavior in 2D collapsible channels and 3D collapsible tubes. INTRODUCTION Vessels carrying blood flo...

Shockwave lithotripsy repeatedly focuses shockwaves on kidney stones to induce their fracture, partially through cavitation erosion. A typical side effect of the procedure is hemorrhage, which is potentially the result of the growth and collapse of bubbles inside blood vessels. To identify the mechanisms by which shock-induced collapse could lead to the onset of injury, we study an idealized pr...

We report a novel form of xylem dysfunction in angiosperms: reversible collapse of the xylem conduits of the smallest vein orders that demarcate and intrusively irrigate the areoles of red oak (Quercus rubra) leaves. Cryo-scanning electron microscopy revealed gradual increases in collapse from approximately 22 MPa down to 23 MPa, saturating thereafter (to 24 MPa). Over this range, cavitation re...

We report a novel form of xylem dysfunction in angiosperms: reversible collapse of the xylem conduits of the smallest vein orders that demarcate and intrusively irrigate the areoles of red oak (Quercus rubra) leaves. Cryo-scanning electron microscopy revealed gradual increases in collapse from approximately -2 MPa down to -3 MPa, saturating thereafter (to -4 MPa). Over this range, cavitation re...

despite the rapid growth of engineering science especially in the modern structural engineering and application of new materials in civil engineering, a significant percentage of world population in different countries are living in adobe buildings made from mud-bricks. in this paper, by performing experimental study on scaled mud-brick walls under monotonic load, in-plane behavior of the walls...

Delayed onset of obstruction in the Oxford endotracheal tube during anaesthesia is described in five patients. The effects of intra-cuff voluem and pressure on the wall of the tube were investigated and discussed with special refernce to the ffects of body heat and repeated use on the consistency of the tube. It is concluded that inward collapse of the tube wall is caused by a combination of fa...

Vertically neutral collapse of a pulsating bubble occurs when the boundaries above or below balance buoyancy effect over pulsation. In this study, vertically near vertical rigid wall free surface is investigated. The boundary integral method (BIM) employed to model dynamics with an open-domain surface. Moreover, validated against several buoyant experiments. Bubble in such conditions are associ...