Tube geometry can force switchlike transitions in the behavior of propagating bubbles

DOI10.1063/1.3247879zbMath1183.76169MaRDI QIDQ5304827

Alexandra Heap, Finn Box, Alberto de Lozar, Anne Juel, Andrew L. Hazel

Publication date: 18 March 2010

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://eprints.maths.manchester.ac.uk/1516/1/ALozarPhysFluids2009.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

pipe flow; bubbles; microfluidics; drops

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76-XX: Fluid mechanics

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