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Dynamics of fully nonlinear capillary-gravity solitary waves under normal electric fields
T Gao1,2, P A Milewski3, D T Papageorgiou1
11Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ UK.
Abstract:
Two-dimensional capillary-gravity waves travelling under the effect of a vertical electric field are considered. The fluid is assumed to be a dielectric of infinite depth. It is bounded above by another fluid which is hydrodynamically passive and perfectly conducting. The problem is solved numerically by time-dependent conformal mapping methods. Fully nonlinear waves are presented, and their stability and dynamics are studied.
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