Abstract

An experimental and numerical study of transient shock wave phenomena in a liquid containing noncondensable gas bubbles is presented. Experiments are done in a shock tube with an upwardly directed bubbly flow to obtain a uniform spatial distribution of bubbles. The bubbly flow has an initial gas volume fraction of 0.2%. The bubbles have a radius of 0.6 mm. The liquid used is a silicone oil whose kinematic viscosity is 50×10−6 m2/s. Nitrogen and SF6 gas bubbles are tested to bring out the thermal effects of the bubble interior. The numerical calculation is performed using a modified mathematical model based on Kameda and Matsumoto [Phys. Fluids 8, 322 (1996)]. The transient pressure profiles determined in the experiment for the upwardly bubbly flow agree well quantitatively with those obtained by the numerical calculation using a uniform spatial distribution of bubbles. The SF6 experiment shows that the radial motion of the bubbles should be estimated by solving an equation in which the liquid compressibility is taken into account.

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