Drag Reduction by Microbubbles in Turbulent Flows: the Limit of Minute Bubbles

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2004-06-25

arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0406061v2

Phys. Rev. Letts., v. 94, 174502, (2005).

Nonlinear Sciences

Chaotic Dynamics

4 pages, 2 figs., included, PRL submitted

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.174502

Drag reduction by microbubbles is a promising engineering method for improving ship performance. A fundamental theory of the phenomenon is lacking however, making actual design quite uphazard. We offer here a theory of drag reduction by microbubbles in the limit of very small bubbles, when the effect of the bubbles is mainly to normalize the density and the viscosity of the carrier fluid. The theory culminates with a prediction of the degree of drag reduction given the concentration profile of the bubbles. Comparisons with experiments are discussed and the road ahead is sketched.

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