Jet drop production from bubbles with neighbors

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Hauptverfasser: Aurégan, Tristan, Daniel, Noé, Mazzatenta, Megan, Deike, Luc
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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author Aurégan, Tristan
Daniel, Noé
Mazzatenta, Megan
Deike, Luc
author_facet Aurégan, Tristan
Daniel, Noé
Mazzatenta, Megan
Deike, Luc
contents Bubbles bursting at the surface of the ocean produce drops that heavily influence ocean-atmosphere interactions. One of the mechanisms through which drops are formed is called jet drop production, where the collapse of the bubble cavity leads to the formation of a fast upwards jet that breaks to form drops. While isolated bubble bursting has been extensively studied, bubbles are often found in rafts (for instance in the ocean surface or a sparkling wine glass) and the understanding of collective effects remains more limited. We investigate experimentally how jet drop formation is modified by the presence of neighboring bubbles during the collapse. With the help of multiple high speed views of the collapsing bubble, we show how a change of cavity shape during collapse leads to the selection of smaller, faster, and more numerous drops. The size of the emitted drops is monotonically reduced with increasing number of neighboring bubbles (up to six for hexagonal packing) with the size reduction reaching a factor 5. The drop size distribution associated with bubbles arranged in rafts of various sizes is therefore much wider than in the case of isolated bubbles, and with a peak shifted to smaller sizes.
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spellingShingle Jet drop production from bubbles with neighbors
Aurégan, Tristan
Daniel, Noé
Mazzatenta, Megan
Deike, Luc
Fluid Dynamics
Bubbles bursting at the surface of the ocean produce drops that heavily influence ocean-atmosphere interactions. One of the mechanisms through which drops are formed is called jet drop production, where the collapse of the bubble cavity leads to the formation of a fast upwards jet that breaks to form drops. While isolated bubble bursting has been extensively studied, bubbles are often found in rafts (for instance in the ocean surface or a sparkling wine glass) and the understanding of collective effects remains more limited. We investigate experimentally how jet drop formation is modified by the presence of neighboring bubbles during the collapse. With the help of multiple high speed views of the collapsing bubble, we show how a change of cavity shape during collapse leads to the selection of smaller, faster, and more numerous drops. The size of the emitted drops is monotonically reduced with increasing number of neighboring bubbles (up to six for hexagonal packing) with the size reduction reaching a factor 5. The drop size distribution associated with bubbles arranged in rafts of various sizes is therefore much wider than in the case of isolated bubbles, and with a peak shifted to smaller sizes.
title Jet drop production from bubbles with neighbors
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.00281