11. Taylor bubble: bullet-shaped bubbles in pipe

Summary

• Subject: Large bubble in conduits

• Main conclusion: Analytical tools: potential flow in large scale/lubrication theory in small scale

• Key idea Tube wall drastically changes the bubble dynamics.

• References:

  • White and Beardmore [WB62]

  • Hayashi et al. [HKT11]

  • Goldsmith and Mason [GM62]

  • Bretherton [Bre61]

  • Magnini et al. [MKM+19]

  • de Ryck [dR02]

• 11.1. Order-of-magnitude analysis for bubble velocity
• 11.2. Lubrication of liquid film
• 11.3. Bretherton problem