MIRCO MAGNINI MIRCO.MAGNINI@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
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Dynamics of long gas bubbles rising in a vertical tube in a cocurrent liquid flow
Magnini, M.; Khodaparast, S.; Matar, O. K.; Stone, H. A.; Thome, J. R.
Authors
S. Khodaparast
O. K. Matar
H. A. Stone
J. R. Thome
Abstract
© 2019 American Physical Society. When a confined long gas bubble rises in a vertical tube in a cocurrent liquid flow, its translational velocity is the result of both buoyancy and mean motion of the liquid. A thin film of liquid is formed on the tube wall and its thickness is determined by the interplay of viscous, inertial, capillary and buoyancy effects, as defined by the values of the Bond number (Bo≡ρgR2/σ with ρ being the liquid density, g the gravitational acceleration, R the tube radius, and σ the surface tension), capillary number (Cab≡μUb/σ with Ub being the bubble velocity and μ the liquid dynamic viscosity), and Reynolds number (Reb≡2ρUbR/μ). We perform experiments and numerical simulations to investigate systematically the effect of buoyancy (Bo=0-5) on the shape and velocity of the bubble and on the thickness of the liquid film for Cab=10-3-10-1 and Reb=10-2-103. A theoretical model, based on an extension of Bretherton's lubrication theory, is developed and utilized for parametric analyses; its predictions compare well with the experimental and numerical data. This study shows that buoyancy effects on bubbles rising in a cocurrent liquid flow make the liquid film thicker and the bubble rise faster, when compared to the negligible gravity case. In particular, gravitational forces impact considerably the bubble dynamics already when Bo
Citation
Magnini, M., Khodaparast, S., Matar, O. K., Stone, H. A., & Thome, J. R. (2019). Dynamics of long gas bubbles rising in a vertical tube in a cocurrent liquid flow. Physical Review Fluids, 4(2), Article 023601. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.023601
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 13, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Feb 13, 2019 |
Publication Date | Feb 1, 2019 |
Deposit Date | Jul 28, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 29, 2020 |
Journal | Physical Review Fluids |
Electronic ISSN | 2469-990X |
Publisher | American Physical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 4 |
Issue | 2 |
Article Number | 023601 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.023601 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3226968 |
Publisher URL | https://journals.aps.org/prfluids/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.023601 |
Additional Information | Dynamics of long gas bubbles rising in a vertical tube in a cocurrent liquid flow, M. Magnini, S. Khodaparast, O. K. Matar, H. A. Stone, and J. R. Thome, Phys. Rev. Fluids 4, 023601. |
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