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A note on the existence of wakes behind large, rising bubbles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

T. Maxworthy
T. Maxworthy
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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Abstract

Using simple flow-visualization techniques, it has been shown that as a large volume of air rises through a quiescent liquid it produces a well-defined wake and that the drag on the bubble appears as a momentum defect within this wake.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , 2 February 1967 , pp. 367 - 368
Copyright
© 1967 Cambridge University Press

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References

Davies, R. M. & Taylor, G. I. 1950 The mechanics of large bubbles rising through extended liquids and through liquids in tubes. Proc. Roy. Soc. A 200, 375.Google Scholar