First integral of polytropic spherical-bubble motion

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For gas pressure depending only on radius and initial speed zero, multiplying the Rayleigh equation for an inviscid spherical bubble by integrates to the displayed identity. A polytropic pressure gives elementary power integrals when , and a logarithm when . Turning radii are the positive zeros of this first integral. At and , they are and ; the inward and outward accelerations at them have opposite signs, giving bounded undamped oscillation in the ideal model.

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