Static and dynamic response of a fluid-fluid interface to electric point and line charge

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2012.09.001zbMATH Open1390.76913arXiv1107.0217OpenAlexW2025672406MaRDI QIDQ1933570FDOQ1933570

Authors: Simen Å Ellingsen, Iver Brevik 

Publication date: 24 January 2013

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the behaviour of a dielectric fluid-fluid interface in the presence of a strong electric field from a point charge and line charge, respectively, both statically and, in the latter case, dynamically. The fluid surface is elevated above its undisturbed level until balance is reached between the electromagnetic lifting force, gravity and surface tension. We derive ordinary differential equations for the shape of the fluid-fluid interface which are solved numerically with standard means, demonstrating how the elevation depends on field strength and surface tension coefficient. In the dynamic case of a moving line charge, the surface of an inviscid liquid-liquid interface is left to oscillate behind the moving charge after it has been lifted against the force of gravity. We show how the wavelength of the oscillations depends on the relative strength of the forces of gravity and inertia, whereas the amplitude of the oscillations is a nontrivial function of the velocity at which the line charge moves.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.0217

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zbMATH Keywords

surface tensiongravity-capillary wavesdielectric fluid-fluid interface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Capillarity (surface tension) for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B45) Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Internal waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B55)

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