======================================== Rising bubbles - Miksis, Vanden-Broeck (1982) JFM ======================================== Numerical computation: Shape of bubble and flow of surrounding

fluid ======================================== Assumptions: ~ High Reynolds no. ~ Potential flow assumption. ~ Steady and axially symmetric flow. ~ tangential stress BC neglected on bubble. ========================================= Bubble or drop deforms due to: - fluid flow around it (inducing deformation and thus stresses) - hydrostatic pressure (due to gravity) Small drops/bubbles are almost spherical but large ones are like "spherical caps" with rather flat lower surfaces.(Davies & Taylor,1950).