title: Bubble kinematics in a sheared foam.
abstract: We characterize the kinematics of bubbles in a sheared two-dimensional foam using statistical measures. We consider the distributions of both bubble velocities and displacements. The results are discussed in the context of the expected behavior for a thermal system and simulations of the bubble model. There is general agreement between the experiments and the simulation, but notable differences in the velocity distributions point to interesting elements of the sheared foam not captured by prevalent models.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA.
authors.forename: Yuhong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Kapilanjan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krishan
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dennin