Bursting Bubbles at UC Berkeley

Two University of California, Berkeley, researchers have now described mathematically the successive stages in the complex evolution and disappearance of foamy bubbles, a feat that could help in modeling industrial processes in which liquids mix or in the formation of solid foams such as those used to cushion bicycle helmets.

Applying these equations, the mathematicians, James A. Sethian and Robert I. Saye, created this computer-generated video of a cluster of bubbles popping out of existence, illustrating the various physical and chemical processes involved: liquid drains from the bubbles' thin walls until they rupture, after which the remaining bubbles rearrange, often destabilizing other bubbles, which subsequently pop.
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