Numerical simulation of deformation/motion of a drop suspended in viscous liquids under influence of steady electric fields

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Hua, Jinsong ^a,c   Lim, Liang Kuang ^b   Wang, Chi Hwa ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DROP BREAKUP; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TWO PHASE FLOW;

DIELECTRIC MODELING; DROPLET DEFORMATION; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; ELECTRIC-FIELD MODEL; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; LEAKY DIELECTRIC MODELS; LIQUID PROPERTIES;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 57149096670     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3021065     Document Type: Article

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