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Force measurements on rising bubbles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2006

WOODROW L. SHEW ,
SEBASTIEN PONCET  and
JEAN-FRANÇOIS PINTON
WOODROW L. SHEW
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
SEBASTIEN PONCET
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France Present address: Laboratoire de Modélisation et Simulation Numérique en Mécanique et Génie des Procédés, Technople de Chateau-Gombert, 38 rue F. Joliot Curie, 13451 Marseille, France.
JEAN-FRANÇOIS PINTON
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
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Abstract

The dynamics of millimetre-sized air bubbles rising through still water are investigated using ultrasound velocimetry combined with high-speed video. From measurements of speed and three-dimensional trajectories we calculate time-resolved precise drag and lift forces on the bubble, which give rise to planar zigzag and three-dimensional spiralling motion. Temporal correlations of forces and the oscillatory bubble motions, particularly the lift force, emphasize the importance of the wake vortices found in previous studies.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 569 , 25 December 2006 , pp. 51 - 60
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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