Computational Study of the Source-Area Effect for Bubble Plumes in Stratified Environments
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 146, Issue 6
Abstract
In this work, a large-eddy simulation of bubble plumes in linearly stratified environments is presented. The gas bubbles are treated as Lagrangian particles. The intrusion and peeling are clearly manifested in the computed flow fields. The results of about 50 simulations with different parameters reveal the importance of bubble source area for plumes on the laboratory scale. A new type of bubble plume with rapid and distinct peelings is observed which is favored by large source areas. With a proper normalization, the present data points collapse onto a single straight line after applying a virtual-source correction which reflects the source-area effect. These results provide a plausible explanation for the scatter of the previous experimental and computational data in literature. A simple relation between the trap height and the peel height is observed and its mechanism is discussed.
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Data Availability Statement
Data are publicly available through the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information & Data Cooperative (GRIIDC) at https://data.gulfresearchinitiative.org (doi:10.7266/ZJE9W16W).
Acknowledgments
The author thanks Dr. Andrea Prosperetti for the general discussion about bubble plumes while this paper was being prepared. This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. This work was completed in part with resources provided by the Research Computing Data Core at the University of Houston.
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Received: Apr 18, 2019
Accepted: Dec 5, 2019
Published online: Mar 25, 2020
Published in print: Jun 1, 2020
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