On the stability of a vapour-liquid medium containing bubbles (Q1093479)

A problem of the stability of a vapour-liquid medium containing bubbles is investigated. It is shown that since the surface tension and phase transitions act simultaneously, a range of values of the parameters of the vapour-liquid and vapour-gas-liquid media containing bubbles exists, for which the equilibrium state is unstable. The effect of various parameters of the two-phase medium, such as the volume content of the bubbles, the mass content of the gas and the degree of dispersion of the medium, on the increment characterizing the rate of development of the instability, is analysed.