Crossover of Varicose and Whipping Instabilities in Electrified Microjets

    Authors

    W. Yang; H. Duan; C. Li;W. Deng

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Phys. Rev. Lett.

    Keywords

    LINEAR CAPILLARY INSTABILITY; LIQUID JET; STABILITY; FISSION; BREAKUP; CHARGE; Physics, Multidisciplinary

    Abstract

    In electrified liquid jets, varicose instability leads to jet breakup into droplets while whipping instability is responsible for jet stretching. We show that the coupling and relative importance of these two instabilities dictates the outcome for jet breakup. The codevelopment of transverse and radial perturbations lead to remarkable breakup modes linked to initial perturbation magnitude, perturbation wave numbers, and jet charge levels.

    Journal Title

    Physical Review Letters

    Volume

    112

    Issue/Number

    5

    Publication Date

    1-1-2014

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    5

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000331949700010

    ISSN

    0031-9007

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