Hydrodynamic interaction of a bubble pair in viscoelastic shear-thinning fluids

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Hauptverfasser: Ravisankar, Mithun, Correa, Alam Garciduenas, Su, Yunxing, Zenit, Roberto
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author Ravisankar, Mithun
Correa, Alam Garciduenas
Su, Yunxing
Zenit, Roberto
author_facet Ravisankar, Mithun
Correa, Alam Garciduenas
Su, Yunxing
Zenit, Roberto
contents We experimentally investigate the interaction between a pair of bubbles ascending in a stagnant viscoelastic shear-thinning fluid. In particular, we focus on the effect of bubble size, across the velocity discontinuity, on the bubble-bubble interaction. Compared to the drafting-kissing-tumbling (DKT) behavior in Newtonian fluid, bubbles in the viscoelastic shear-thinning fluid exhibit, what we call, drafting-kissing-dancing (DKD) phenomenon. In the dancing phase, the bubble pair repeatedly interchange their relative leading and trailing positions as they rise to the free surface. To gain further insights, the flow fields around the bubble pair interaction are obtained using particle image velocimetry (PIV). From the experimental results, we suggest that the elasticity, deformability, and negative wake are responsible for such an interaction between the bubble pair, thus revealing the fundamental physics of bubble clustering often observed in non-Newtonian fluids.
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spellingShingle Hydrodynamic interaction of a bubble pair in viscoelastic shear-thinning fluids
Ravisankar, Mithun
Correa, Alam Garciduenas
Su, Yunxing
Zenit, Roberto
Fluid Dynamics
We experimentally investigate the interaction between a pair of bubbles ascending in a stagnant viscoelastic shear-thinning fluid. In particular, we focus on the effect of bubble size, across the velocity discontinuity, on the bubble-bubble interaction. Compared to the drafting-kissing-tumbling (DKT) behavior in Newtonian fluid, bubbles in the viscoelastic shear-thinning fluid exhibit, what we call, drafting-kissing-dancing (DKD) phenomenon. In the dancing phase, the bubble pair repeatedly interchange their relative leading and trailing positions as they rise to the free surface. To gain further insights, the flow fields around the bubble pair interaction are obtained using particle image velocimetry (PIV). From the experimental results, we suggest that the elasticity, deformability, and negative wake are responsible for such an interaction between the bubble pair, thus revealing the fundamental physics of bubble clustering often observed in non-Newtonian fluids.
title Hydrodynamic interaction of a bubble pair in viscoelastic shear-thinning fluids
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.03463