STABILITY OF A CHARGED DROP HAVING THE FORM OF A TRIAXIAL ELLIPSOID

Authors
SHCHUKIN SI GRIGOREV AI
Citation
Si. Shchukin et Ai. Grigorev, STABILITY OF A CHARGED DROP HAVING THE FORM OF A TRIAXIAL ELLIPSOID, Technical physics, 43(11), 1998, pp. 1314-1317
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Technical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10637842
Volume
43
Issue
11
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1314 - 1317
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7842(1998)43:11<1314:SOACDH>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The stability of a highly charged, isolated conductive drop is analyze d within the principle of minimum potential energy of a closed system. A treatment of the stability of drops of ellipsoidal shape shows that both spherical drops and drops having an oblate spheroidal shape expe rience instability at sufficiently large charges according to a single scheme, i.e., they deform to a prolate spheroid. (C) 1998 American In stitute of Physics. [S1063-7842(98)00911-8].