Dynamics of an electrostatically charged elastic rod in fluid

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 467, Issue 2126, 2011, Pages 569-590

  Lim, Sookkyung ^a   Kim, Yongsam ^b   Swigon, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatic force; Immersed boundary method; Supercoiling

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLUIDS; IONIC STRENGTH;

COMPLEX TRAJECTORIES; DWELL TIME; ELASTIC ROD; ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS; ELECTROSTATICALLY CHARGED; EQUILIBRIUM CONFIGURATION; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HARD-CORE REPULSION; IMMERSED-BOUNDARY METHOD; INITIAL PERTURBATION; STABLE EQUILIBRIUM; STERIC REPULSIONS; SUPERCOILED; SUPERCOILING; TRANSITION PATHS; VISCOUS INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS;

ELECTROSTATIC FORCE;

EID: 79551627673     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2010.0174     Document Type: Conference Paper

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