LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- SHOCK-WAVE MODELOF ACOUSTIC CAVITATION -- 2.1. VISUAL OBSERVATIONSOF ACOUSTIC CAVITATION -- 2.2. JUSTIFICATION FOR THESHOCK-WAVE APPROACH -- 2.3. THEORY -- 2.3.1. Oscillations of a Single Gas Bubble -- 2.3.2. Cavitation Region -- 2.4. SET-UP OF EQUATIONS FOR EXPERIMENTALVERIFICATION -- 2.4.1. Low Oscillatory Velocities of Acoustic Radiator -- 2.4.2. High Oscillatory Velocities of Acoustic Radiator -- 2.4.3. Interpretation of Experimental Results of Work [26] -- 2.5. EXPERIMENTAL SETUP -- 2.6. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS -- 2.7. SECTION CONCLUSIONS -- SELECTION AND DESIGN OF MAINCOMPONENTS OF HIGH-CAPACITYULTRASONIC SYSTEMS -- 3.1. ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERSELECTION CONSIDERATIONS -- 3.2. HIGH POWER ACOUSTICHORN DESIGN PRINCIPLES -- 3.2.1. Criteria for Matching a Magnetostrictive Transducerto Water at Cavitation -- 3.2.2. Five-Elements Matching Horns -- 3.2.2.1. Design Principles -- 3.2.2.2. Analysis of Five-Element Horns -- 3.2.3. Experimental Results -- 3.3. SECTION CONCLUSIONS -- ULTRASONIC REACTORCHAMBER GEOMETRY -- FINAL REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.