Open AccessEvaluation of the dynamical characteristics of fluid flow caused by collapse of a non-spherical near-surface bubble
Author(s) -
Thaison Le,
В. И. Мелихов,
О. И. Мелихов,
S. E. Yakush
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1683/2/022070
Subject(s) - bubble , mechanics , breakup , volume of fluid method , materials science , steam explosion , subcooling , break up , boundary layer , coalescence (physics) , superposition principle , computer simulation , heat transfer , physics , quantum mechanics , astrobiology , nuclear physics
The paper is devoted to numerical study of the influence of the initial shape of a vapor bubble on the surface impact of the water jet emerging due to the bubble collapse. This problem is relevant to spreading of high-temperature melt under a layer of subcooled water. The vapor bubbles formed on the melt-water interface, upon complete penetration in water, are condensing rapidly to produce high-velocity water micro-jets directed towards the melt. Impact of these jets causes upward melt splashing. Superposition of these processes forms a dynamic layer where melt is mixed with water; the presence of this premixed layer can be a pre-requisite for steam explosion. In this work, numerical modelling by the boundary element method is performed for the collapse of a bubble of an oblate spheroid. It is shown that the water jets generated in this process possess the impulse comparable to that generated by a collapsing spherical vapour bubble of the same volume. By the numerical simulations and subsequent estimates it is obtained that collapse of non-spherical bubbles near the melt-water interface produces melt splashes of the height of few centimetres, which is sufficient for the occurrence of steam explosions.