Abstract
We studied the formation dynamics of air bubbles emitted from a nozzle submerged in aqueous glycerol solutions of different viscosities. We describe the evolution of the bubbling regimes by using the air flow rate as a control parameter and the time between successive bubbles as a dynamical variable. Some results concerning bubbling coalescence were emulated with a combination of simple maps. We also observed the formation of air shells surrounding liquid drops inside the liquid, known as antibubbles. The antibubbling conditions were related to an intermittent regime.
- Received 6 May 2002
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.66.056204
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