A computational analysis of electrohydrodynamics of a leaky dielectric drop in an electric field

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 311, Issue , 1996, Pages 289-326

  Feng, James Q ^a,b,c   Scott, Timothy C ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c XEROX CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW FIELD;

AXIAL FLOW; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DROP BREAKUP; DROP FORMATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

DROP DEFORMATION; ELLIPTIC MESH GENERATION SCHEME; FINITE REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW; LEAKY DIELECTRIC DROP; NONLINEAR FREE BOUNDARY PROBLEM;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030105257     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096002601     Document Type: Article

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