Self-similar behavior of successive Coulombic fissions of evaporating charged water droplets

JA Lazo, RH Chen - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2024 - Elsevier
Charged droplets suspended in an electrodynamic balance experience a form of instability
known as Coulombic fission when electric forces (resulting from the electrical charges on the …

Dynamic behavior of Coulombic fissions and shell morphology of evaporating nanofluid droplets

JA Lazo, RH Chen - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2025 - Elsevier
The dynamics of Coulombic fissions (CFs) occurring over the evaporative lifetime of charged
droplets of alumina/water nanofluids are presented in this study. The droplets were stably …

Characteristics of Electrospray-Generated Droplets During Interactions With Plasma Discharge

J Ahumada, MDSB Sarwar, P Lelikov… - AIAA SCITECH 2025 …, 2025 - arc.aiaa.org
The electrospray characteristics of the generation and trajectories of water droplets in the
presence of an AC electric field during plasma actuation are experimentally investigated in …