The spatial structure of bubble pinch-off

We have previously found [J. Eggers, M. A. Fontelos, D. Leppinen, and J. H. Snoeijer, Phys. Rev. Lett. , 98 (2007), 094502] that the pinch-off of a gas bubble in an inviscid environment iscontrolled by scaling exponents which are slowly varying in time. To leading order, these results didnot require...

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Autores: Fontelos, M. A., Snoeijer, J. H., Eggers, J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/669455
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/669455
https://dx.doi.org/10.1137/090776470
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Capillary breakup
Finite-time singularities
Matemáticas
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Sumario:We have previously found [J. Eggers, M. A. Fontelos, D. Leppinen, and J. H. Snoeijer, Phys. Rev. Lett. , 98 (2007), 094502] that the pinch-off of a gas bubble in an inviscid environment iscontrolled by scaling exponents which are slowly varying in time. To leading order, these results didnot require the spatial profile of the interface near break-up. Here we refine our previous analysis bycomputing the entire shape of the neck. The neck shape is characterized by similarity functions thatare also slowly varying on a logarithmic scale. We compare these results to experiments and findagreement within the experimentally accessible range. More detailed confirmation of the asymptoticanalysis is provided by the excellent agreement with numerical simulations of the bubble pinch-off