An experimental study of bubble behavior in a temperature gradient near a heated wall under low-gravity and microgravity conditions aboard NASA DC9 airplane
Tóm tắt
The behavior of a single bubble and a pair of bubbles under microgravity conditions has been investigated using the NASA-DC9 aircraft in order to understand the effects of various parameters and to control the bubble behavior in space. Silicone oil was used as the test liquid, and a nitrogen gas bubble was injected from the top wall under different experimental conditions. In an isothermal case, two different microgravity conditions were achieved by either fixing the experimental apparatus to the aircraft floor or freely floating the apparatus in the aircraft cabin. The bubble behavior was found to be clearly influenced by the quality of the microgravity environment, and variations of the bubble aspect ratio with the Bond number were presented. The results indicate that there is a critical Bond number of the order of 10−1 which determines the bubble shape deformation. In the free-floating experiments, a temperature gradient was imposed on the liquid around the bubble near the heated top wall. Marangoni convection was expected to occur around the bubble and the bubble behavior was studied under various temperature gradients. The bubble aspect ratio was found to decrease with an increase in the Marangoni number. A theoretical model for the relation between the Marangoni flow around the bubble and the aspect ratio is proposed based on simple assumptions. Visualization of Marangoni convection around the bubbles using the photochromic dye activation method was successfully performed. The aspect ratios predicted by the model agreed with the experimental results reasonably well. Direct measurements of surface velocity are, however, necessary to further evaluate the validity of the model.
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