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Dynamics Of Falling Droplet Under Effects Of Electric Fields, Esmaiil Ghasemisahebi

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Physical properties and especially the size of drops are important parameters in many industrial and medical applications. High voltage electric field is one of the effective means to control the final size of drops during the fabrication process which could greatly influence the final size of the product. Therefore a detailed study of electric field effect on a liquid drop is very important. In this work deformation and fragmentation of a falling droplet under gravity and electric force have been studied numerically. The electric force is used as an effective external controlling mechanism to influence the deformation of a drop. …