Plasma Investigations

Axisymmetric instabilities of conducting liquid cylinder in view of the effect of electric field

A. B. Petrin

Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: The axisymmetric electrocapillary instability of a conducting liquid cylinder is considered. Exact solutions of linearized Navier—Stokes equations are investigated in view of viscosity of liquid. The rates of rise of instabilities and the wavelength of the most unstable mode are found. Special attention is given to the effect of electric field.

UDC: 532.61

PACS: 68.03.Cd

Received: 16.01.2007

 English version: High Temperature, 2008, 46:3, 291–295

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