Waves in Guinness
We describe a simple model of a bubbly two-phase flow which is able to explain why waves propagate downward when a pint of Guinness is poured, and also how the waves are generated. Our theory involves a physically based regularization of the basic equations of the two-phase flow, using interphasic p...
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| description | We describe a simple model of a bubbly two-phase flow which is able to explain why waves propagate downward when a pint of Guinness is poured, and also how the waves are generated. Our theory involves a physically based regularization of the basic equations of the two-phase flow, using interphasic pressure difference and virtual mass terms, together with bulk or eddy viscosity terms. We show that waves can occur through an instability analogous to that which forms roll waves in inclined fluid flows, and we provide a description of the form of these waves, and compare them to observations. Our theory provides a platform for the description of waves in more general bubbly two-phase flows, and the way in which the flow breaks down to form slug flow. © 2008 American Institute of Physics. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:a6561c9f-d78d-464d-abbb-3aeaccc33b2f2022-03-27T02:46:35ZWaves in GuinnessJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:a6561c9f-d78d-464d-abbb-3aeaccc33b2fEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2008Robinson, MFowler, AAlexander, AO'Brien, SWe describe a simple model of a bubbly two-phase flow which is able to explain why waves propagate downward when a pint of Guinness is poured, and also how the waves are generated. Our theory involves a physically based regularization of the basic equations of the two-phase flow, using interphasic pressure difference and virtual mass terms, together with bulk or eddy viscosity terms. We show that waves can occur through an instability analogous to that which forms roll waves in inclined fluid flows, and we provide a description of the form of these waves, and compare them to observations. Our theory provides a platform for the description of waves in more general bubbly two-phase flows, and the way in which the flow breaks down to form slug flow. © 2008 American Institute of Physics. |
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