The study of the behavior of bubbles in complex fluids is of industrial as well as of academic importance. Bubble velocity-volume relations, bubble shapes, as well as viscous, elastic, and surfactant effects play a role in bubble dynamics. In this note we extend the analysis of Richardson to a non-Newtonian fluid.

Issue Section:
Brief Notes
Keywords:
non-Newtonian fluids, modelling
Topics:
Bubbles, Fluids, Non-Newtonian fluids, Shapes
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