A phase field modeling study of the rayleigh-taylor instability subject to a horizontal electric field

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Abstract

A numerical phase field model is developed to investigate the Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) subject to a horizontal electric field. The model entails the simultaneous solution of the electric field equation and the Navier-Stokes equation for fluid flow coupled with the phase field model for the evolution of the fluid-fluid interface deformation and morphology. The in-house Fortran code was developed to enable the computing. Results show that, for pure dielectric fluids, the presence of the horizontal electric field induces polarization charges and produces a Korteweg-Helmholtz force which acts to suppress the RTI. For poorly conducting liquids, for which a leaky dielectric description is more appropriate. In this model, both polarization and free charges present. The effect of the free charge in this case depends on the specific values of λε and λσ. For the fluids of λε >1, it aggravates RTI if λσε, and suppresses that when λσε.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conf. Collocated with the ASME 2013 7th Int. Conf. on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 2013 11th Int. Conf. on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, HT 2013
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
EventASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conference, HT 2013 Collocated with the ASME 2013 7th International Conference on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 2013 11th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology - Minneapolis, MN, United States
Duration: 14 Jul 201319 Jul 2013

Publication series

NameASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conf. Collocated with the ASME 2013 7th Int. Conf. on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 2013 11th Int. Conf. on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, HT 2013
Volume2

Conference

ConferenceASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conference, HT 2013 Collocated with the ASME 2013 7th International Conference on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 2013 11th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMinneapolis, MN
Period14/07/1319/07/13

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