Active electrostatic control of liquid bridge dynamics and stability

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1027, Issue , 2004, Pages 495-510

  Thiessen, David B ^a   Wei, Wei ^a   Marston, Philip L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active control; Liquid bridges; Rayleigh Plateau instability

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OSCILLATION; PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 10644221777     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1324.039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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