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Reversal of the lift force on an oblate bubble in a weakly viscous linear shear flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

RICHARD ADOUA ,
DOMINIQUE LEGENDRE  and
JACQUES MAGNAUDET
RICHARD ADOUA
Affiliation:
Université de Toulouse; INPT, UPS; IMFT (Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse); Allée Camille Soula, F-31400 Toulouse, France CNRS; IMFT; F-31400 Toulouse, France
DOMINIQUE LEGENDRE
Affiliation:
Université de Toulouse; INPT, UPS; IMFT (Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse); Allée Camille Soula, F-31400 Toulouse, France CNRS; IMFT; F-31400 Toulouse, France
JACQUES MAGNAUDET*
Affiliation:
Université de Toulouse; INPT, UPS; IMFT (Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse); Allée Camille Soula, F-31400 Toulouse, France CNRS; IMFT; F-31400 Toulouse, France
*
†Email address for correspondence: jacques.magnaudet@imft.fr
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Abstract

We compute the flow about an oblate spheroidal bubble of prescribed shape set fixed in a viscous linear shear flow in the range of moderate to high Reynolds numbers. In contrast to predictions based on inviscid theory, the numerical results reveal that for weak enough shear rates, the lift force and torque change sign in an intermediate range of Reynolds numbers when the bubble oblateness exceeds a critical value that depends on the relative shear rate. This effect is found to be due to the vorticity generated at the bubble surface which, combined with the velocity gradient associated with the upstream shear, results in a system of two counter-rotating streamwise vortices whose sign is opposite to that induced by the classical inviscid tilting of the upstream vorticity around the bubble. We show that this lift reversal mechanism is closely related to the wake instability mechanism experienced by a spheroidal bubble rising in a stagnant liquid.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 628 , 10 June 2009 , pp. 23 - 41
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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