Dynamics of liquid jets and threads under the action of radial electric fields: Microthread formation and touchdown singularities

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Wang, Qiming ^a   Mahlmann S ^a   Papageorgiou, D T ^a,b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; JETS; LIQUIDS; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

CAPILLARY INSTABILITY; CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; NONLINEAR EVOLUTIONS; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; RADIAL ELECTRIC FIELD; STRONG ELECTRIC FIELDS; TIME DEPENDENT SIMULATION;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

EID: 64249116360     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3097888     Document Type: Article

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