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>* as a previous poster mentioned, how is it possible for a presumably
> large bubble to come out of solution so fast?
That's what cavitation is. Perhaps David Doolette, with his predjudice for
explaining things in terms of physics could comment further?
>* the noise: how big a bubble is needed to create such a "pop"?
>* isn't it just joints suddenly slipping?
Get a syringe and do the experiment
/Rat
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shelps@ac*.ma*.ad*.ed*.au* | Stephen Helps
FAX (08)232-3283 | Anaesthesia & Intensive Care
Voice (08)224-5495 | University of Adelaide
| ADELAIDE, 5005, South Australia
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Big whirls have little whirls Ack! ___/|
Which feed on their velocity, \O.o|
And little whirls have lesser whirls =(___)=
And so on, to viscosity. U
Ode to Turbulent Flow
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