Electrostatics 1999, Proceedings of the 10th INT Conference, Cambridge, UK, 28-31 March 1999 [Kõva köide]

Preface xiii Bill Bright Memorial Lecture 1(10) Electrostatics-then, now and maybe 3(8) D K Davies Section A. Fundamental physics 11(50) Spectroscopy and calorimetry of the spark discharge 13(4) Z Kucerovsky W D Greason M Wm Flatley Surface-wave mechanism for the phenomenon of passive insulator charge elimination 17(6) T S Lee Distortion of a water surface stressed by a perpendicular, alternating electric field 23(4) J A Robinson M A Bergougnou G S P Castle I I Inculet Evidence of bipolar corona emission from a DC point 27(6) T S Lee G Touchard Charge density of a high-velocity electrified jet of diesel oil 33(4) A Selenou Ngomsi H Romat K Baudry Pulsed streamer discharge in water through a pin hole of insulating plate 37(4) M Sato Y Yamada B Sun Modelling the electrical conductivity of two-phase composite materials 41(4) N Harfield J R Bowler G. C. Stevens About a thermodynamical approach for capacitor relaxation current 45(4) L C Bassani L D Di Lillo Streamer properties in air and in the presence of insulators 49(4) N L Allen P N Mikropoulos Corona discharge from a metal filamentary particle and its motion within parallel plate electrodes 53(8) K Asano T Yamaki K Yatsuzuka Discussion 57(4) Section B. Bioelectrostatics 61(36) Positioning, levitation and separation of biological cells 63(6) W M Arnold Single Cryptosporidium oocyst isolation and capture using a travelling-wave dielectrophoresis device 69(4) A D Goater R Pethig C A Paton H V Smith Characterization of the dielectrophoretic movement of DNA in micro-fabricated structures 73(4) D Bakewell H Morgan J J Milner Electrostatic properties of metered dose inhalers 77(4) J Peart P R Byron Dielectrophoretic measurements of sub-micrometre latex particles following surface modification 81(4) M P Hughes M F Flynn H Morgan Electrorotation of oocysts of Cyclospora cayetanensis 85(4) C Dalton R Pethig C A Paton H V Smith Sub-micrometre AC electrokinetics: particle dynamics under the influence of dielectrophoresis and electrohydrodynamics 89(8) N G Green A Ramos H Morgan A Castellanos Discussion 93(4) Section C. Atomization and EHD 97(90) Electrostatic atomization-questions and challenges 99(10) A J Kelly Viscosity effect on electrohydrodynamic (EHD) spraying of liquids 109(6) A Jaworek W Machowski A Krupa W Balachandran Scaling laws for droplet size and current produced in the cone-jet mode 115(4) R P A Hartman D J Brunner K B Geerse J C M Marijnissen B Scarlett Electrostatic atomization of an ultra-fine spray of ceramic solution 119(4) P Miao Z A Huneiti W Machowski W Balachandran P Xiao J R G Evans Analysis of charged plumes with Coulomb repulsion 123(4) P A Vazquez A T Perez A Castellanos Enhancement of heat transfer and mass transport in thermal equipment with electrohydrodynamics 127(4) J Seyed-Yagoobi J E Bryan Flow electrification in high-power transformers 131(6) G Touchard G Artana O Moreau Fluid flow driven by AC electric fields in microelectrodes 137(4) A Ramos A Gonzalez A Castellanos H Morgan N G Green Global instabilities in an electrified jet 141(6) G Artana B Seguin Study of the changes in the flow around a cylinder caused by electroconvection 147(6) G Artana G Desimone G Touchard A new method of analysing electro-osmosis 153(4) S Watanabe Y Hobo N Hayashi T Sumi D Dykes G Touchard Transient electrohydrodynamic stability of dielectric liquids subjected to unipolar injection 157(4) R Chicon A Castellanos A T Perez Effect of an electric field on the response of a liquid jet to a pulse-type perturbation 161(6) G Artana B Seguin Drop charging during liquid dispersion 167(4) Y Wang A G Bailey Nonlinear stability of an electrified liquid jet 171(4) K Baudry H Romat A Selenou Ngomsi Asymptotic variation of radius of a viscous polymer jet in the electrospinning process 175(4) A F Spivak Y A Dzenis Experimental study of a jet of conducting liquid subjected to a radial DC field 179(8) H Gonzalez P Atten K Chouman Discussion 183(4) Hot topic discussion 187(10) MECA electrometer: initial calibration experiments 189(8) M Buehler L-J Cheng O Orient M Thelen R Gompf J Bayliss J Rauwerdink Section D. Hazards 197(44) Electrostatic ignition hazards associated with flammable substances in the form of gases, vapours, mists and dusts 199(8) M Glor Large-scale chemical plants: eliminating the electrostatic hazards 207(4) G R Astbury A J Harper Modelling the electrostatic ignition hazards associated with the cleaning of tanks containing flammable atmospheres 211(4) T J Williams R T Jones Fuzzy logic in electrostatics-hazard assessment 215(6) E Balog I Berta Dust cloud ignition by electrostatic discharges and the mythology of minimum ignition energy-do we know enough? 221(4) J M Smallwood The high-resolution microcomputer system for recording of electrostatic discharges 225(4) L Ptasinski T Zeglen J Gajda Flow electrification through porous media 229(4) T Paillat E Moreau G Touchard Incendivity of electrostatic discharges in dust clouds: the minimum ignition energy problem 233(8) M Bailey P Hooker P Caine N Gibson Discussion 239(2) Section E. Applications and processing 241(70) Bipolar spray charging for enhanced deposition onto nonconductive and electrically isolated targets 243(6) S E Law S C Cooper W B Law Marking with electrostatics 249(4) D A Hays Enhancement of transfer efficiency and appearance in automotive powder coating 253(4) M K Mazumder R A Sims D L Wankum T Chasser N Grable W Chok S Robbins W Gao G Tebbetts Factors influencing operational efficiency of an electrostatic solvent extraction system 257(4) M J Reeves A G Bailey A G Howard C J Broan Electric field interaction with debris generated by laser ablation of polyimide films 261(4) C J Hayden R Pethig J P H Burt An experimental study on the possible use of the corona discharge in water treatment 265(4) J Winkler N Karpel Vel Leitner H Romat Physico-dynamics in electro-atomizer modelling 269(6) S Viswanathan H C Loy K K Loh N V Ananthanaryanan W Balachandran Cleaning of dusty gases by pulse corona in the laboratory 275(10) M Nifuku E Kiss I Jenei M Horvath H Katoh Streaming current charge versus tribo charge 285(4) R Baur H-T Macholdt E Michel Neutralization of static surface charges by an AC ionizer in a nitrogen environment 289(6) J S Chang K G Harasym P C Looy A A Berezin C G Noll The influence of flow regime on electrostatic destabilisation of water-in-oil emulsions: a theoretical and experimental assessment 295(4) N J Wayth T J Williams A G Bailey M T Thew O Urdahl New results in ESP modelling 299(6) I Kiss J Suda N Szedenik I Berta Electric field and space charge density analysis in an AC charger for small particles 305(6) K Adamiak X Deng Discussion 309(2) Section F. Materials evaluation and applications 311(38) Inherently conductive polymers as antistatic agents for textiles 313(8) T Derrick P Kathirgamanathan M J Toohey J N Chubb Static electricity dissipation mechanism in carpets containing conductive fibres 321(4) W K Fisher Evaluation of charge retention properties of powder paints by thermally stimulated current spectroscopy 325(4) T Ogiwara K Ikezaki The assessment of materials by tribo and corona charging and charge decay measurements 329(6) J N Chubb Real-time particle size and electrostatic charge distribution analysis and its applications to electrostatic processes 335(6) M K Mazumder N Grable Y Tang S OConnor R A Sims Visualization of distribution of electron traps on polymer surface by means of scanning micro laser probe 341(8) Y Murata K Kubota Discussion 345(4) Section G. ESD/EOS 349(26) The effect of resistance to ground on human body ESD 351(6) D E Swenson Environmental tests of silicon microstrip detector devices for high-energy space applications 357(6) P Azzarello D Vite Simple passive transmission line probes for electrostatic discharge measurements 363(4) J M Smallwood Multichannel measurement of ESD in silos 367(8) L Ptasinski T Zeglen A Gajewski Discussion 371(4) Section H. Scanning probe microscopy 375(34) Measuring static charges by scanning probe microscopy 377(4) D M Taylor P W C Sayers Quantitative methods for noncontact electrostatic force microscopy 381(6) P J S Baird J R Bowler G C Stevens Electrostatic effects in mesoscopic quantum systems 387(4) S Cunningham J G Williamson M Rahman J M R Weaver Vibrational response of cantilevered beams to piezoelectric drive 391(4) N Nenadic T B Jones Electrostatic Greens function for corrugated interfaces 395(4) K W Yu H Sun J T K Wan Multiple degree of freedom model for driven cantilevered beam 399(4) N Nenadic T B Jones The interpretation of tapping mode images of polymer surfaces in atomic force microscopy 403(6) J P Llewellyn P Sayers Discussion 407(2) Section I. Atmospheric electrostatics and environmental aspects 409(24) The interaction between air ions and aerosol particles in the atmosphere 411(4) K L Aplin R G Harrison On the effects of wind on the space charge formation in the atmospheric surface layer 415(6) S Israelsson Study of indoor aerosol removal with electrospray 421(4) V Smorodin W Balachandran C Hudson Studies of aerosol deposition on a charged spherical collector 425(8) A Jaworek K Adamiak A Krupa G S P Castle Discussion 429(4) Section J. Instrumentation 433(32) Using the electrostatic super corona gun and electrostatic powder coating diagnostic instrument (EPCDI) to measure the thickness and adhesion of powder coated substrate 435(4) B Makin K Dastoori Surface charge distribution mapping of insulating materials 439(4) J L Davidson A G Bailey Experience with electrostatic fieldmeter instruments with no earthing of the rotating chopper 443(4) J N Chubb Second generation of electrostatic powder coating diagnostic instrument 447(4) B Makin K Dastoori A system for obtaining high-resolution macroscopic surface charge density distributions on contoured axisymmetric insulator specimens 451(4) D C Faircloth N L Allen Electrostatic mass air flow meter 455(6) W Balachandran W Machowski W Horner In-line continuous flow measurement of pneumatically conveyed solids using electrostatic sensors 461(4) Y Yan J Ma Author index 465

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