Viscous Potential Flow Analysis of Electrohydrodynamic Capillary Instability through Porous Media
| Main Authors: | Mukesh Kumar Awasth, Mohammad Tamsir |
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| Format: | Article |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2013
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/1335686 |
Daftar Isi:
- The effect of porous medium on the capillary instability of a cylindrical interface in the presence of axial electric field has been investigated using viscous potential flow theory. In viscous potential flow, the viscous term in Navier-Stokes equation vanishes as vorticity is zero but viscosity is not zero. Viscosity enters through normal stress balance in the viscous potential flow theory and tangential stresses are not considered. A dispersion relation that accounts for the growth of axisymmetric waves is derived and stability is discussed theoretically as well as numerically. Stability criterion is given by critical value of applied electric field as well as critical wave number. Various graphs have been drawn to show the effect of various physical parameters such as electric field, viscosity ratio, permittivity ratio on the stability of the system. It has been observed that the axial electric field and porous medium both have stabilizing effect on the stability of the system.