Statistical mechanics of bubbly liquids

Statistical mechanics of bubbly liquids

The dynamics of bubbles at high Reynolds numbers is studied from the viewpoint of statistical mechanics. Individual bubbles are treated as dipoles in potential flow. A virtual mass matrix of the system of bubbles is introduced, which depends on the instantaneous positions of the bubbles, and is used to calculate the energy of the bubbly flow as a quadratic form of the bubbles’ velocities. The e...

Shock Propagation in Polydisperse Bubbly Liquids

We investigate the shock dynamics of liquid flows containing small gas bubbles, based on a continuum bubbly flow model. Particular attention is devoted to the effects on shock dynamics of distributed bubble sizes and gas-phase nonlinearity. Ensemble-averaged conservation laws for polydisperse bubbly flows, together with a Rayleigh–Plesset-type model for single bubble dynamics, form the starting...

Waves in bubbly liquids with phase change

Pressure-energy correlations in liquids. III. Statistical mechanics and thermodynamics of liquids with hidden scale invariance.

In this third paper of the series, which started with Bailey et al. [J. Chem. Phys. 129, 184507 (2008); ibid. 129, 184508 (2008)], we continue the development of the theoretical understanding of strongly correlating liquids--those whose instantaneous potential energy and virial are more than 90% correlated in their thermal equilibrium fluctuations at constant volume. The existence of such liqui...

Mechanics of Supercooled Liquids

Pure substances can often be cooled below their melting points and still remain in the liquid state. For some supercooled liquids, a further cooling slows down viscous flow greatly, but does not slow down self-diffusion as much. We formulate a continuum theory that regards viscous flow and self-diffusion as concurrent, but distinct, processes. We generalize Newton’s law of viscosity to relate s...