Interaction of two differently sized oscillating bubbles in a free field
Most real life bubble dynamics applications involve multiple bubbles, for example, in cavitation erosion prevention, ultrasonic baths, underwater warfare, and medical applications involving microbubble contrast agents. Most scientific dealings with bubble-bubble interaction focus on two similarly si...
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| author | Chew, Lup Wai Klaseboer, Evert Ohl, Siew-Wan Khoo, Boo Cheong |
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| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Chew, Lup Wai Klaseboer, Evert Ohl, Siew-Wan Khoo, Boo Cheong |
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| description | Most real life bubble dynamics applications involve multiple bubbles, for example, in cavitation erosion prevention, ultrasonic baths, underwater warfare, and medical applications involving microbubble contrast agents. Most scientific dealings with bubble-bubble interaction focus on two similarly sized bubbles. In this study, the interaction between two oscillating differently sized bubbles (generated in tap water) is studied using high speed photography. Four types of bubble behavior were observed, namely, jetting toward each other, jetting away from each other, bubble coalescence, and a behavior termed the "catapult" effect. In-phase bubbles jet toward each other, while out-of-phase bubbles jet away from each other. There exists a critical phase difference that separates the two regimes. The behavior of the bubbles is fully characterized by their dimensionless separation distance, their phase difference, and their size ratio. It is also found that for bubbles with large size difference, the smaller bubble behaves similarly to a single bubble oscillating near a free surface. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/705402022-09-28T08:43:50Z Interaction of two differently sized oscillating bubbles in a free field Chew, Lup Wai Klaseboer, Evert Ohl, Siew-Wan Khoo, Boo Cheong Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Singapore-MIT Alliance in Research and Technology (SMART) Khoo, Boo Cheong Khoo, Boo Cheong Most real life bubble dynamics applications involve multiple bubbles, for example, in cavitation erosion prevention, ultrasonic baths, underwater warfare, and medical applications involving microbubble contrast agents. Most scientific dealings with bubble-bubble interaction focus on two similarly sized bubbles. In this study, the interaction between two oscillating differently sized bubbles (generated in tap water) is studied using high speed photography. Four types of bubble behavior were observed, namely, jetting toward each other, jetting away from each other, bubble coalescence, and a behavior termed the "catapult" effect. In-phase bubbles jet toward each other, while out-of-phase bubbles jet away from each other. There exists a critical phase difference that separates the two regimes. The behavior of the bubbles is fully characterized by their dimensionless separation distance, their phase difference, and their size ratio. It is also found that for bubbles with large size difference, the smaller bubble behaves similarly to a single bubble oscillating near a free surface. 2012-05-09T14:34:05Z 2012-05-09T14:34:05Z 2011-12 2011-08 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1539-3755 1550-2376 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70540 Chew, Lup Wai et al. “Interaction of Two Differently Sized Oscillating Bubbles in a Free Field.” Physical Review E 84.6 (2011): [11 pages]. ©2011 American Physical Society. en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.84.066307 Physical Review E Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society APS |
| spellingShingle | Chew, Lup Wai Klaseboer, Evert Ohl, Siew-Wan Khoo, Boo Cheong Interaction of two differently sized oscillating bubbles in a free field |
| title | Interaction of two differently sized oscillating bubbles in a free field |
| title_full | Interaction of two differently sized oscillating bubbles in a free field |
| title_fullStr | Interaction of two differently sized oscillating bubbles in a free field |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interaction of two differently sized oscillating bubbles in a free field |
| title_short | Interaction of two differently sized oscillating bubbles in a free field |
| title_sort | interaction of two differently sized oscillating bubbles in a free field |
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