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Instability caused by the coupling between non-resonant shape oscillation modes of a charged conducting drop

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 1997

Z. C. FENG
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Abstract

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By examining the modal interaction between two non-resonant shape oscillation modes of a charged liquid drop, we have identified a new route to instability via nonlinear coupling. We present numerical simulation results to show that when shape perturbation of a high-mode number Legendre mode is applied to the drop, the prolate–oblate mode of the drop may grow unbounded. Using multiple-scale analysis, we derive amplitude equations for the high-mode-number shape mode and the prolate–oblate mode to show the nonlinear coupling between the two modes.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press