- Accepted Paper
Bubble dynamics in a Hele-Shaw channel and velocity selection without surface tension
Phys. Rev. Fluids - Accepted 23 September, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/pm4m-18nt
Phys. Rev. Fluids - Accepted 23 September, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/pm4m-18nt
Inviscid bubble dynamics in a viscous fluid, moving with velocity far from the bubble, is considered. The Cauchy problem of recovering the bubble evolution from its initial shape is completely solved without surface tension. This dynamical system is well-posed (after a Tikhonov regularization) and possesses an extensive list of {} closed form solutions due to integrability. A new {} class of solutions is obtained and added to the {} class found earlier (Phys.Rev.E 89, 061003(R), 2014). The only attractor of the system selects the observable bubble shape and velocity from the continuum of possible solutions. The attractor is asymptotically stable. Numerical results essential for illustrating and understanding the most salient geometric aspects of the bubble dynamics are presented.
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