Title :
Development of aperiodic instability on liquid metal surface perturbed by thermal fluctuations
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Commun., Leningrad, USSR
fDate :
12/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The dynamics of a liquid metal layer in a strong electric field is investigated for arbitrary viscosity. The specific forms of microtip that appear when aperiodic instability develops are determined. The liquid surface correlation function for development of instability on thermal fluctuations is calculated
Keywords :
electron field emission; high field effects; aperiodic instability; arbitrary viscosity; correlation function; liquid metal surface; microtip; strong electric field; thermal fluctuations; Explosives; Fluctuations; Frequency; Navier-Stokes equations; Scanning electron microscopy; Stability; Surface waves; Vacuum arcs; Vacuum technology; Viscosity;
Journal_Title :
Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on
