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A review on rising bubble dynamics in viscosity-stratified fluids

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Systems with a bubble rising in a fluid, which has a variation of viscosity in space and time can be found in various natural phenomena and industrial applications, including food processing, oil extraction, waste processing and biochemical reactors, to name a few. A review of the aspects studied in the literature on this phenomenon, the gaps that exist and the direction for further numerical and experimental studies to address these gaps is presented.

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The author gratefully acknowledges Prof Karri Badarinath of IIT Hyderabad for reading the manuscript and providing valuable suggestions. He also thank his PhD student A R Premlata for her help in re-plotting some of the results presented in this review.

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Sahu, K.C. A review on rising bubble dynamics in viscosity-stratified fluids. Sādhanā 42, 575–583 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-017-0634-8

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