Induction of Microstreaming by Nonspherical Bubble Oscillations in an Acoustic Levitation SystemClaude Inserra 1, Gabriel Regnault 2, Sarah Cleve 2, Cyril Mauger 2, Philippe Blanc-Benon 2
1Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Centre Léon Bérard, INSERM, UMR 1032, LabTAU, France, 2Univ Lyon, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, INSA de Lyon, CNRS, LMFA UMR 5509, France
A fast and reliable technique is proposed to control the shape oscillations of a single, trapped acoustic bubble that is based on coalescence technique between two bubbles. The steady-state, symmetry-controlled bubble shape oscillations allow analysis of the fluid flow generated in the vicinity of the bubble interface.