Title :
Computational modeling of water droplet deformation in strong electric fields
Author :
Songoro, Harald ; Gjonaj, Erion ; Weiland, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Comput. Electromagn. Lab., Tech. Univ. Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Abstract :
A mathematical model for the problem of water droplet deformation under the influence of transient high voltage fields is derived from Maxwell and Navier-Stokes equations. A novel computational approach based on the finite element method on a moving mesh is used. The numerical approach is verified by comparing the time dependent deformation of the simulated water droplets to experimental data.
Keywords :
Maxwell equations; Navier-Stokes equations; drops; finite element analysis; fluid dynamics; Maxwell equations; Navier-Stokes equations; finite element method; fluid dynamics problem; fluid mechanical problem; mathematical model; numerical approach; strong electric fields; time dependent deformation; transient high voltage fields; water droplet deformation computational modeling; Electric fields; Finite element methods; Fluid dynamics; Insulators; Mathematical model; Polymers;
Conference_Titel :
Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0333-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICEAA.2012.6328644
