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Hele-Shaw flow driven by an electric field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2013

A. H. KHALID ,
N. R. McDONALD  and
J.-M. VANDEN-BROECK
A. H. KHALID
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK e-mails: akhalid@math.ucl.ac.uk, n.r.mcdonald@ucl.ac.uk, j.vanden-broeck@ucl.ac.uk
N. R. McDONALD
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK e-mails: akhalid@math.ucl.ac.uk, n.r.mcdonald@ucl.ac.uk, j.vanden-broeck@ucl.ac.uk
J.-M. VANDEN-BROECK
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK e-mails: akhalid@math.ucl.ac.uk, n.r.mcdonald@ucl.ac.uk, j.vanden-broeck@ucl.ac.uk
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Abstract

The behaviour of two-dimensional finite blobs of conducting viscous fluid in a Hele-Shaw cell subject to an electric field is considered. The time-dependent free boundary problem is studied both analytically using the Schwarz function of the free boundary and numerically using a boundary integral method. Various problems are considered, including (i) the behaviour of an initially circular blob of conducting fluid subject to an electric point charge located arbitrarily within the blob, (ii) the delay in cusp formation on the free boundary in sink-driven flow due to a strategically placed electric charge and (iii) the stability of exact steady solutions having both hydrodynamic and electric forcing.

Keywords

Hele-Shaw flowsFree boundary problemsComplex variable methods
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European Journal of Applied Mathematics , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , August 2014 , pp. 425 - 447
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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