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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