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Effect of a viscous fluid flow past a spherical gas bubble on the growth of its radius

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A nearly spherical gas bubble expands adiabatically in a viscous incompressible fluid flowing past it. The Rayleigh-Plesset formula for the growth of the bubble radius is modified due to the flow of the viscous fluid.

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    B B Chakraborty

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Chakraborty, B.B. Effect of a viscous fluid flow past a spherical gas bubble on the growth of its radius. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Math. Sci.) 100, 185–188 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02880962

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