Applying conformal mapping and exponential asymptotics to study translating bubbles in a Hele-Shaw cell

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Description: McCue, S
Tuesday 29th October 2019 - 09:00 to 10:00
 
Created: 2019-10-29 10:04
Collection: Complex analysis: techniques, applications and computations
Publisher: Isaac Newton Institute
Copyright: McCue, S
Language: eng (English)
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Abstract: In a traditional Hele-Shaw configuration, the governing equation for the pressure is Laplace's equation; thus, mathematical models for Hele-Shaw flows are amenable to complex analysis. We consider here one such problem, where a bubble is moving steadily in a Hele-Shaw cell. This is like the classical Taylor-Saffman bubble, except we suppose the domain extends out infinitely far in all directions. By applying a conformal mapping, we produce numerical evidence to suggest that solutions to this problem behave in an analogous way to well-studied finger and bubble problems in a Hele-Shaw channel. However, the selection of the ratio of bubble speeds to background velocity for our problem appears to follow a very different surface tension scaling to the channel cases. We apply techniques in exponential asymptotics to solve the selection problem analytically, confirming the numerical results, including the predicted surface tension scaling laws. Further, our analysis sheds light on the multiple tips in the shape of the bubbles along solution branches, which appear to be caused by switching on and off exponentially small wavelike contributions across Stokes lines in a conformally mapped plane. These results are likely to provide insight into other well-known selection problems in Hele-Shaw flows.
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