https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2011-11082-y
Regular Article
The transition from three-dimensional to two-dimensional foam structures
Institute of Mathematics and Physics, Aberystwyth University, SY23 3BZ, Aberystwyth, UK
* e-mail: foams@aber.ac.uk
Received:
23
November
2010
Revised:
5
August
2011
Accepted:
9
August
2011
Published online:
25
August
2011
A two-dimensional foam consists of a monolayer of bubbles. It can be created by squeezing the more familiar three-dimensional foam between two parallel glass plates. We describe and explain the minimum plate separation H which must be reached to fully effect the transition from three- to two- dimensional foam. We find that H/V 1/3 is close to one, where V is the average bubble volume, and increases slightly when the side-walls of the container are taken into account.
© EDP Sciences, SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2011