Thermal Diffusion Effects on the Electrohydrodynamic Rayleigh-Taylor Bulk Instability
- 1 January 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 13 (10) , 2615
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1692836
Abstract
A dielectric liquid heated from above becomes unstable when a vertical alternating electric field of sufficient magnitude is applied. The effects of thermal diffusion on that instability are explored. The voltage for incipient instability is compared with experimental results.Keywords
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