acoustic cavitation
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acoustic cavitation
(ə′kü·stik ′kav·ə′tā·shən)
(fluid mechanics) The formation of vapor-filled bubbles in a liquid during the short periodic intervals of negative pressure, or tensile stress, that accompany the passage of a sound wave.
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