Electrothermoconvective instability of an ohmic liquid layer in an unsteady electric field

Journal of Electrostatics

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 261-277

  Smorodin, Boris L ^a   Velarde, Manuel G ^b  

^a PERM NATIONAL RESEARCH POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electroconvection; Electrohydrodynamics; Fluid instability; Ohmic liquid; Prandtl number

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUOYANCY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; PRANDTL NUMBER;

ELECTROTHERMAL CONVECTION; FLOQUET THEORY; OHMIC LIQUIDS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

LIQUID INSULATING MATERIALS;

CONVECTION; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; INSTABILITY; PRANDTL NUMBER;

EID: 0034008555     PISSN: 03043886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3886(99)00074-1     Document Type: Article

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