Bubble-size distributions produced by wall injection of air into flowing freshwater, saltwater and surfactant solutions

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Dec 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004exfl...37..802w&link_type=abstract

Experiments in Fluids, Volume 37, Issue 6, pp.802-810

Physics

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As air is injected into a flowing liquid, the resultant bubble characteristics depend on the properties of the injector, near-wall flow, and flowing liquid. Previous research has shown that near-wall bubbles can significantly reduce skin-friction drag. Air was injected into the turbulent boundary layer on a test section wall of a water tunnel containing various concentrations of salt and surfactant (Triton-X-100, Union Carbide). Photographic records show that the mean bubble diameter decreased monotonically with increasing salt and surfactant concentrations. Here, 33 ppt saltwater bubbles had one quarter, and 20 ppm Triton-X-100 bubbles had one half of the mean diameter of freshwater bubbles.

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