Related papers: Electrohydrodynamic lubrication theory
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We experimentally study the occurrence of spontaneous spinning (Quincke rotation) of an ellipsoid in a uniform DC electric field. For an ellipsoid suspended in an unbounded fluid, we find two stable states characterized by the orientation…
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A full selfconsistent set of equations is deduced to describe the kinetics and dynamics of charged quasiparticles (electrons, holes etc.) with arbitrary dispersion law in crystalline solids subjected to time-varying deformations. The set…
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