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The rise velocity and shape of bubbles in pure water at high Reynolds number

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

P. C. Duineveld
P. C. Duineveld
Affiliation:
J.M. Burgers Centre for Fluid Mechanics, Department of Applied Physics, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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Abstract

The velocity and shape of rising bubbles, with an equivalent radius of 0.33–1.00 mm, in ‘hyper clean’ water, have been experimentally determined. For the small bubbles there is perfect agreement with theory, proving that this water can be considered as pure (no surfactants). For the larger bubbles there is a small discrepancy due to an overestimation in the theory.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 292 , 10 June 1995 , pp. 325 - 332
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© 1995 Cambridge University Press

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