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The motion of bubbles in a vertical temperature gradient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

N. O. Young ,
J. S. Goldstein  and
M. J. Block
N. O. Young
Affiliation:
Baird-Atomic, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts
J. S. Goldstein
Affiliation:
Baird-Atomic, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts
M. J. Block
Affiliation:
Baird-Atomic, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Abstract

It has been observed experimentally that small bubbles in pure liquids can be held stationary or driven downwards by means of a sufficiently strong negative temperature gradient in the vertical direction. This effect is demonstrated to be due to the stresses resulting from the thermal variation of surface tension at the bubble surface. The flow field within and around the bubble is derived, and an expression for the magnitude of the temperature gradient required to hold the bubble stationary is obtained. This expression is verified experimentally.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , October 1959 , pp. 350 - 356
Copyright
© 1959 Cambridge University Press

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