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Spherical cap bubbles with laminar wakes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

Jean-Yves Parlange
Jean-Yves Parlange
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Department of Engineering and Applied Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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Abstract

The steady rise of a given amount of gas in an infinite liquid under the action of buoyancy forces is examined. The shape of the bubble is that of a spherical cap. Behind the bubble there is a region of closed streamlines where the flow is assumed to be steady and rotational. The predicted velocity and geometry of the cap agree well with observation for a limited range of values of the Reynolds number.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , 23 June 1969, pp. 257 - 263
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© 1969 Cambridge University Press

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