Fate of bubble clusters rising in a quiescent liquid
Fluid Dynamics
2023-06-08 v2
Abstract
We use experiments to study the evolution of bubble clusters in a swarm of freely rising, deformable bubbles. A new machine learning-aided algorithm allows us to identify and track bubbles in clusters and measure the cluster lifetimes. The results indicate that contamination in the carrier liquid can enhance the formation of bubble clusters and prolong the cluster lifetimes. The mean bubble rise velocities conditioned on the bubble cluster size are also explored, and we find a positive correlation between the cluster size and the rise speed of the bubbles in the cluster, with clustered bubbles rising up to faster than unclustered bubbles.
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@article{arxiv.2306.02101,
title = {Fate of bubble clusters rising in a quiescent liquid},
author = {Tian Ma and Hendrik Hessenkemper and Dirk Luca and Andrew D. Bragg},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.02101},
year = {2023}
}