Unsteady electrohydrodynamic flow of immiscible liquids in channels

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2010 Jan;81(1 Pt 2):016319. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.81.016319. Epub 2010 Jan 27.

Abstract

An unsteady electrohydrodynamic flow of two viscous immiscible liquids in a channel is theoretically investigated. The flow is caused by an oscillating electric field whose intensity vector has both normal and tangential components on the interface between the liquids. The velocity profile and flow rates of the liquids are found for steady-state oscillatory flows. The limiting cases of constant and high-frequency fields are discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't