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A Pairwise Interaction Theory For Determining The Linear Acoustic Properties Of Dilute Bubbly Liquids, Ashok S. Sangani Jan 1991

A Pairwise Interaction Theory For Determining The Linear Acoustic Properties Of Dilute Bubbly Liquids, Ashok S. Sangani

Ashok S. Sangani

The problem of determining the acoustic properties of dilute bubbly liquids is examined using the method of ensemble-averaged equations and pairwise interactions. The phase speed and attenuation of sound waves in the small-amplitude regime are determined as a function of frequency of sound waves including the effects of finite surface tension, small viscosity of the liquid, and non-adiabatic thermal changes, and compared with the experimental data available in the literature. An excellent agreement is found for frequencies smaller than about 1.3 times the natural frequency of the bubbles, but the discrepancy is substantial at larger frequencies.


The Added Mass, Basset, And Viscous Drag Coefficients In Nondilute Bubbly Liquids Undergoing Small-Amplitude Oscillatory Motion, Ashok S. Sangani, D. Z. Zhang, A. Prosperetti Jan 1991

The Added Mass, Basset, And Viscous Drag Coefficients In Nondilute Bubbly Liquids Undergoing Small-Amplitude Oscillatory Motion, Ashok S. Sangani, D. Z. Zhang, A. Prosperetti

Ashok S. Sangani

The motion of bubbles dispersed in a liquid when a small-amplitude oscillatory motion is imposed on the mixture is examined in the limit of small frequency and viscosity. Under these conditions, for bubbles with a stress-free surface, the motion can be described in terms of added mass and viscous force coefficients. For bubbles contaminated with surface-active impurities, the introduction of a further coeflicient to parametrize the Basset force is necessary. These coefficients are calculated numerically for random configurations of bubbles by solving the appropriate multibubble interaction problem exactly using a method of multipole expansion. Results obtained by averaging over several …