FYKOS Year 27 Series 1 Problem 3 — bubble in a pipeline · FYKOS 27 #27.1.3
Physics · thermodynamics
Problem
A horizontal pipeline with a flowing liquid contains a small bubble of gas. How do the dimensions of this bubble change when it reaches a narrower point of the pipeline? Can you find some applications of this phenomena? What problems could it cause? Assume that the flow is laminar.