Characterization of injection instabilities in electrohydrodynamics by numerical modelling: Comparison of particle in cell and flux corrected transport methods for electroconvection between two plates

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2754-2763

  Vezquez P A ^a   Georghiou, G E ^b,c   Castellanos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VELOCITY;

COMPLEX TRANSPORT PROBLEMS; ELECTROCONVECTION; INJECTION INSTABILITIES; STEEP GRADIENTS;

ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 33745300397     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/39/13/019     Document Type: Article

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