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　Jie Cui,Tao Xia,Zhaoyu Qu,et al.Study on the Motion Characteristics of Floating Bubbles near the Wall Based on OpenFOAM[J].Journal of Marine Science and Application,2026,(1):32-45.[doi:10.1007/s11804-025-00686-5]
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Study on the Motion Characteristics of Floating Bubbles near the Wall Based on OpenFOAM

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Title:
Study on the Motion Characteristics of Floating Bubbles near the Wall Based on OpenFOAM
Author(s):
Jie Cui1;  Tao Xia1;  Zhaoyu Qu1;  Xin Chen2;  Mingyuan Li1
Affilations:
Author(s):
Jie Cui1;  Tao Xia1;  Zhaoyu Qu1;  Xin Chen2;  Mingyuan Li1
1. School of Naval & Ocean Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China;
2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
Keywords:
Rising bubble; Viscosity; Low Reynolds number; Near wall bubbles; OpenFOAM
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DOI:
10.1007/s11804-025-00686-5
Abstract:
In this study, the dynamic characteristics of microscale floating bubbles near the vertical wall are studied. This occurrence is common in industrial and natural phenomena. Although many studies have been conducted on microscale bubbles, few studies investigate floating bubbles with very small Reynolds number (Re) near the wall, which is the main research goal of this study. Therefore, this study establishes a model for the ascent of small-scale bubbles near a vertical wall using the interFoam solver in OpenFOAM. This study investigates the influences of diverse viscosity parameters, varying distances from the wall, and different gas flow rates on the terminal velocity, deformation, and motion trajectory of bubbles. The results reveal that as liquid viscosity increases, the Re of bubbles gradually decreases and reaches a minimum of 0.012, which is similar to the Re of micrometer-sized bubbles in water. The characteristics of the wall-induced force in the longitudinal direction are closely related to the changes in liquid viscosity. Under low-viscosity conditions, the induced lift is the principal form of action, whereas under high-viscosity conditions, it is primarily manifested as induced drag.

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Received date:2024-10-28;Accepted date:2025-1-22。<br>Foundation item:Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52271319), the Jiangsu Funding Program for Excellent Postdoctoral Talent, and the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. GZC20240618), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China (BK20231525).<br>Corresponding author:Zhaoyu Qu,Email:E-mail:quzhaoyu@just.edu.cn
Last Update: 2026-03-10