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Dynamics and motion of a gas bubble in a viscoplastic medium under acoustic excitation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2019

G. Karapetsas Open the ORCID record for G. Karapetsas [Opens in a new window] ,
D. Photeinos ,
Y. Dimakopoulos  and
J. Tsamopoulos Open the ORCID record for J. Tsamopoulos [Opens in a new window]
G. Karapetsas
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics and Rheology, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Patras 26500, Greece
D. Photeinos
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics and Rheology, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Patras 26500, Greece
Y. Dimakopoulos
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics and Rheology, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Patras 26500, Greece
J. Tsamopoulos*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics and Rheology, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Patras 26500, Greece
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†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

We investigate the dynamics of the buoyancy-driven rise of a bubble inside a viscoplastic material when it is subjected to an acoustic pressure field. To this end, we develop a simplified model based on the Lagrangian formalism assuming a pulsating bubble with a spherical shape. Moreover, to account for the effects of a deformable bubble, we also perform detailed two-dimensional axisymmetric simulations. Qualitative agreement is found between the simplified approach and the detailed numerical simulations. Our results reveal that the acoustic excitation enhances the mobility of the bubble, by increasing the size of the yielded region that surrounds the bubble, thereby decreasing the effective viscosity of the liquid and accelerating the motion of the bubble. This effect is significantly more pronounced at the resonance frequency, and it is shown that bubble motion takes place even for Bingham numbers (Bn) that can be orders of magnitude higher than the critical Bn for bubble entrapment in the case of a static pressure field.

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Drops and Bubbles: Bubble dynamics
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 865 , 25 April 2019 , pp. 381 - 413
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© 2019 Cambridge University Press 

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