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In this paper we investigate the motion of a bubble moving between two parallel plates. The boundary element method with an iterative technique is presented and the numerical solutions are obtained for various values of the capillary number, Ca.
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Yuan, Y., Ingham, D.B. (1991). The Motion of a Semi-Infinite Bubble between Parallel Plates. In: Brebbia, C.A., Gipson, G.S. (eds) Boundary Elements XIII. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3696-9_14
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