The effect of normal electric field on the evolution of immiscible Rayleigh-Taylor instability

• Published in: Theoretical and computational fluid dynamics Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 469 - 483
• Main Authors: Tofighi, Nima, Ozbulut, Murat, Feng, James J., Yildiz, Mehmet
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.10.2016; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Analysis; Classical and Continuum Physics; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational Science and Engineering; Conductivity; Dielectric constant; Electric fields; Electric properties; Electrical conductivity; Engineering; Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Evolution; Fluid dynamics; Hydrodynamics; Instability; Mathematical models; Numerical analysis; Original Article; Permittivity; Rayleigh number; Rayleigh-Taylor instability; Rayleigh-Taylor Instability; Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics; Electrohydrodynamics

Manipulation of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability using an external electric field has been the subject of many studies. However, most of these studies are focused on early stages of the evolution. In this work, the long-term evolution of the instability is investigated, focusing on the forces acting...