Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 217 - 220 (1997)

Cone-Jet Analytical Extension of Taylor's Electrostatic Solution and the Asymptotic Universal Scaling Laws in Electrospraying

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Alfonso M. Gañán-Calvo
Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, Universidad de Sevilla, Reina Mercedes s/n, 41012 Sevilla, Spain

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Received 21 March 1997

An analytical cone-jet solution for the electrohydrodynamic atomization of liquids has been found for an asymptotic model assuming an infinitely long and thin emitted jet. Universal expressions for the emitted electric current, jet shape, charge distribution, surface charge, and other essential electrohydrodynamic quantities are obtained as functions of the liquid properties and the emitted liquid flow rate. The agreement with published experiments is good.


©1997 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v79/p217
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.217
PACS: 47.65.+a, 47.55.-t

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Erratum: Alfonso M. Gañán-Calvo, Erratum: Cone-Jet Analytical Extension of Taylor's Electrostatic Solution and the Asymptotic Universal Scaling Laws in Electrospraying [Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 217 (1997)], Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 4193 (2000)

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