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Dynamics of liquid films on vertical fibres in a radial electric field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2014

Zijing Ding ,
Jinlong Xie ,
Teck Neng Wong  and
Rong Liu
Zijing Ding*
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Republic of Singapore
Jinlong Xie
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Republic of Singapore
Teck Neng Wong*
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Republic of Singapore
Rong Liu
Affiliation:
Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
*
†Email addresses for correspondence: mtnwong@ntu.edu.sg, zding001@e.ntu.edu.sg
†Email addresses for correspondence: mtnwong@ntu.edu.sg, zding001@e.ntu.edu.sg
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Abstract

The long-wave behaviour of perfectly conducting liquid films flowing down a vertical fibre in a radial electric field was investigated by an asymptotic model. The validity of the asymptotic model was verified by the fully linearized problem, which showed that results were in good agreement in the long-wave region. The linear stability analysis indicated that, when the ratio (the radius of the outer cylindrical electrode over the radius of the liquid film) $\def \xmlpi #1{}\def \mathsfbi #1{\boldsymbol {\mathsf {#1}}}\let \le =\leqslant \let \leq =\leqslant \let \ge =\geqslant \let \geq =\geqslant \def \Pr {\mathit {Pr}}\def \Fr {\mathit {Fr}}\def \Rey {\mathit {Re}}\beta <e$, the electric field enhanced the long-wave instability; when $\beta >e$, the electric field impeded the long-wave instability; when $\beta =e$, the electric field did not affect the long-wave instability. The nonlinear evolution study of the asymptotic model compared well with the linear theory when $\beta <e$. However, when $\beta =e$, the nonlinear evolution study showed that the electric field enhanced the instability which may cause the interface to become singular. When $\beta >e$, the nonlinear evolution studies showed that the influence of the electric field on the nonlinear behaviour of the interface was complex. The electric field either enhanced or impeded the interfacial instability. In addition, an interesting phenomenon was observed by the nonlinear evolution study that the electric field may cause an oscillation in the amplitude of permanent waves when $\beta \ge e$. Further study on steady travelling waves was conducted to reveal the influence of electric field on the wave speed. Results showed that the electric field either increased or decreased the wave speed as well as the wave amplitude and flow rate. In some situations, the wave speed may increase/decrease while its amplitude decreased/increased as the strength of the external electric field increased.

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Interfacial Flows (free surface): Interfacial Flows (free surface) MHD and Electrohydrodynamics: MHD and Electrohydrodynamics Instability: Nonlinear instability
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 752 , 10 August 2014 , pp. 66 - 89
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© 2014 Cambridge University Press 

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