Sinking a body with bubbles in closed and open environments

The presence of bubbles in a liquid decreases the average density, and thus decreases the buoyant force on a floating body. Competing with the decrease in buoyancy is an upward drag due to the bubble motion and entrained liquid. This thesis presents investigations of the critical average density req...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: DeGrace, Carl W.
Other Authors: Denardo, Bruce
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/9180
http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA386031