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Induction of Microstreaming by Nonspherical Bubble Oscillations in an Acoustic Levitation System
Published on: May 9, 2021
Signatures of microstreaming patterns induced by non-spherically oscillating bubbles
Gabriel Regnault1, Cyril Mauger1, Philippe Blanc-Benon1
1Univ Lyon, École Centrale de Lyon, CNRS, Univ Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INSA Lyon, LMFA, UMR5509, 69130, F-69134 Écully, France.
Abstract:
In this study, we report recent theoretical and experimental developments dealing with the axisymmetric flow surrounding non-spherically oscillating microbubbles. A wide variety of microstreaming patterns is revealed using a theoretical modeling providing exact analytical solutions of the second-order mean flows. The streaming pattern is highly dependent on the modal content of the bubble interface oscillation, including possibly spherical, translational, and nonspherical modes, as well as any combination of these modes. Experimental results on fluid flow induced by a single, non-spherically oscillating bubble in an unbounded fluid are presented and successfully compared to the theoretical predictions.
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