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Main Authors: Burtea, Cosmin, Gérard-Varet, David
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.11938
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author Burtea, Cosmin
Gérard-Varet, David
author_facet Burtea, Cosmin
Gérard-Varet, David
contents In this paper, we derive reduced models for the motion of gas bubbles in an ambient inviscid liquid, using Hamilton's least action principle. We first explain how to recover from this principle the classical sharp interface model, in which the pressure is continuous across the surfaces of the bubbles. We then show how to reduce the complexity of the model, by simplifying the description of those surfaces. Namely, we impose them to evolve within a subclass of hypersurfaces described by a finite number of parameters (the simplest example being spheres, that is neglecting deviation of the bubbles from sphericity). The difficulty from a mathematical and modeling point of view is to determine the interface conditions that substitute to pressure continuity. We complete the derivation of the reduced models by some well-posedness analysis, in the case of curl-free liquid flow and homogeneous pressure in the bubbles.
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spellingShingle A variational approach to the derivation of reduced models for bubbly flows
Burtea, Cosmin
Gérard-Varet, David
Analysis of PDEs
In this paper, we derive reduced models for the motion of gas bubbles in an ambient inviscid liquid, using Hamilton's least action principle. We first explain how to recover from this principle the classical sharp interface model, in which the pressure is continuous across the surfaces of the bubbles. We then show how to reduce the complexity of the model, by simplifying the description of those surfaces. Namely, we impose them to evolve within a subclass of hypersurfaces described by a finite number of parameters (the simplest example being spheres, that is neglecting deviation of the bubbles from sphericity). The difficulty from a mathematical and modeling point of view is to determine the interface conditions that substitute to pressure continuity. We complete the derivation of the reduced models by some well-posedness analysis, in the case of curl-free liquid flow and homogeneous pressure in the bubbles.
title A variational approach to the derivation of reduced models for bubbly flows
topic Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.11938