The minimum or natural rate of flow and droplet size ejected by Taylor cone-jets: Physical symmetries and scaling laws

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ganan Calvo A M ^a   Rebollo Munoz N ^b   Montanero, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE RELAXATION; INSTABILITY CONDITION; INSTABILITY MECHANISMS; LIQUID PROPERTIES; NON-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; RELATED VARIABLES; THEORETICAL MODELS;

CONFINED FLOW; DROPS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS;

FLOW RATE;

EID: 84875440376     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/3/033035     Document Type: Article

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