Analytical solutions and dynamic behaviors to synchronous oscillation of same bubbles at vertices of cuboid and rectangle

Abstract

The present work focuses on the nonlinear dynamics of the synchronous oscillating multiple bubbles in two typical spatial locations, namely, cuboid and rectangle arrangements. The governing equation for such synchronous oscillating multiple bubbles is derived from a modified Rayleigh–Plesset equation. Theoretical results including the collapse time and analytical solution (in three forms) for multiple vapor bubbles, as well as the maximum/minimum radii, oscillation period, and analytical solution in the form of Weierstrass elliptic function for multiple gas-filled ones, are provided. On the basis of these results, we not only study the dynamic characteristics of multi-bubbles straightforwardly but also carefully observe a series of evolution behaviors of bubbles when the number of bubbles decreases gradually on the order of 8→4→2→1. It should be pointed out that we also compare the multi-bubble behaviors between the general cuboid/rectangle arrangements and the corresponding cube/square arrangements under two reasonable restrictions, respectively. Furthermore, the limiting behaviors of the synchronous oscillating multiple gas-filled bubbles are discussed as the initial pressure of the gas in bubble approaches to zero.