Amplification of Supersonic Microjets by Resonant Inertial Cavitation-Bubble Pair

We reveal for the first time by experiments that within a narrow parameter regime, two cavitation bubbles with identical energy generated in antiphase develop a supersonic jet. High-resolution numerical simulation shows a mechanism for jet amplification based on toroidal shock wave and bubble necking interaction. The microjet reaches velocities in excess of 1000 m s-1. We demonstrate that potential flow theory established for Worthington jets accurately predicts the evolution of the bubble gas-liquid interfaces unifying compressible and incompressible jet amplification.