Mechanics of gas-vapor bubbles

Date

3/23/2017

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Physical Review Fluids

Abstract

Most bubbles contain a mixture of vapor and incondensible gases. While the limit cases of pure vapor and pure gas bubbles are well studied, much less is known about the more realistic case of a mixture. The bubble contents continuously change due to the combined effects of evaporation and condensation and of gas diffusion in the liquid and in the bubble. This paper presents a model for this situation and illustrates by means of examples several physical processes that can occur: a bubble undergoing a temporary pressure reduction, which makes the liquid temporarily superheated; a bubble subjected to a burst of sound; and a bubble continuously growing by rectified diffusion of heat in the presence of an incondensible gas.

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Cavitation, Drops & bubbles

Citation

Copyright 2017 Physical Review Fluids. Recommended citation: Hao, Yue, Yuhang Zhang, and Andrea Prosperetti. "Mechanics of gas-vapor bubbles." Physical review fluids 2, no. 3 (2017): 034303. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.2.034303 URL: https://journals.aps.org/prfluids/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.2.034303 Reproduced in accordance with the original publisher’s licensing terms and with permission from the author(s).