Dynamics of bubble bursting in ordered arrays at low Ohnesorge number

We present a parametric study of bubble bursting in ordered arrays at the low Ohnesorge (Oh) number. Here, we perform numerical simulations using an arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian method to track the interfaces. The effects of the distance between two bubbles and the size of the second bubble are further investigated. Our results demonstrate that the introduction of the second bubble exhibits particularly different characteristic behaviors for Oh=0.01. Details of the dynamics, including stress profiles along the surface, flow analyses, temporal evolutions in angular location and strength of the dominant capillary wave, an exploration of the self-similarity in the jet growth, and the interfacial shapes of the second bubble, are discussed.