1.II.15C

Fluid Dynamics | Part IB, 2002

State the unsteady form of Bernoulli's theorem.

A spherical bubble having radius R0R_{0} at time t=0t=0 is located with its centre at the origin in unbounded fluid. The fluid is inviscid, has constant density ρ\rho and is everywhere at rest at t=0t=0. The pressure at large distances from the bubble has the constant value pp_{\infty}, and the pressure inside the bubble has the constant value ppp_{\infty}-\triangle p. In consequence the bubble starts to collapse so that its radius at time tt is R(t)R(t). Find the velocity everywhere in the fluid in terms of R(t)R(t) at time tt and, assuming that surface tension is negligible, show that RR satisfies the equation

RR¨+32R˙2=pρR \ddot{R}+\frac{3}{2} \dot{R}^{2}=-\frac{\triangle p}{\rho}

Find the total kinetic energy of the fluid in terms of R(t)R(t) at time tt. Hence or otherwise obtain a first integral of the above equation.

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