Sharp-interface simulations of drop deformation in electric fields

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 475-482

  Teigen, Knut ^a   Munkejord, Svend ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF ENERGY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dielectric materials; Electrohydraulics; Finite difference methods; Hydrodynamics; Interface phenomena; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

DROP DEFORMATIONS; ELECTROHYDRAULICS; INTERFACE PHENOMENA; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; TEST CASE;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE INTERFACES;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 65549093978     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2009.4815181     Document Type: Article

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