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In this work we are going to perform a simulation of a positive corona discharge in nitrogen gas, using two different asymmetric capacitor geometries. This work represents an improvement over previous work in order to accomplish higher ion…
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The present work intends to compare the propulsion force developed in an asymmetric capacitor, according to the number of positive ion sources used. The ion source is a corona wire, which generates a positive corona discharge in nitrogen…
A model is developed for describing the transport of charged colloidal particles in an evaporating sessile droplet on the electrified metal substrate in the presence of a solvent flow. The model takes into account the electric charge of…
A finite element method for the numerical solution of the anisotropic Navier-Stokes equations in shallow domain is presented. This method take into account aspect ratio in the hydrostatic approximation of the Navier-Stokes equations…
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