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Two-parametric family of exact solutions for the profile of the surface of a conducting liquid in a nonuniform electric field

N. M. Zubarev, O. V. Zubareva

Institute of Electrophysics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg

Abstract: Possible equilibrium configurations of the free surface of a conducting liquid in an external nonuniform electric field are investigated. The liquid is at the tip of a wedge-shaped electrode, and the counter-elecrode is a thin straight conducting filament parallel to the edge of the wedge. The conformal mapping method is used to obtain a two-parametric family of exact solutions for the shape of the surface. The solutions describe the deformation of the surface right to separation of a drop from the electrode.

Received: 11.01.2012

 English version: Technical Physics, 2012, 57:12, 1739–1741

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