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Velocity and size quantification of drops in single and collective bursting bubbles experiments

B. Néel

L. Deike*

  • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA

  • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and High Meadows Environmental Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA

  • *ldeike@princeton.edu
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Phys. Rev. Fluids 7, 103603 – Published 5 October, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.7.103603

Abstract

Mechanisms of droplet production from bursting bubbles have been extensively studied for single bubbles, but remain sparsely investigated in more complex collective settings. We discuss jet and film drop velocity-size relationships from physics-based mechanisms as a potential means to further differentiate between various mechanisms and correctly determine the drops origin. We report dynamical experiments of drop production by bursting bubbles in single and collective setups. In the collective bubbling experiment, subsurface quasimonodisperse bubbles are rising up to the surface where, depending on the surfactant concentration, they can either merge or assemble in rafts of monodisperse bubbles. Drop trajectories are recorded, analyzed, and shown to exhibit uniquely distinctive features for the different production mechanisms: centrifuge film drops are ejected sideways, and jet drops are ejected vertically. Different single-burst scalings are finally compared to the experimental size-velocity relationships, and reveal that drops coming from collective bubble bursting appear slower and more scattered than when coming from single bursting bubbles.

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Phys. Rev. Fluids 7, 103603– Published 5 October, 2022
  • Received 12 April 2022
  • Accepted 26 August 2022
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