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TL;DR

This paper presents fluid dynamics videos demonstrating the interactions of Taylor bubbles with smaller, differently shaped bubbles in a shear thinning, non-Newtonian fluid within a narrow channel, revealing complex behaviors.

Contribution

First visualization of Taylor bubble interactions with various bubble shapes in non-Newtonian fluids confined in narrow channels.

Findings

Different bubble interactions observed in shear thinning fluids.

Complex behaviors of bubbles in confined non-Newtonian flows.

Insights into bubble dynamics in non-Newtonian environments.

Abstract

In these fluid dynamics videos, we, for the first time, show various interactions of a 'Taylor bubble' with their smaller and differently, shaped counterparts, in a shear thinning, non-Newtonian fluid, confined in a narrow channel.