| Abstract: | The nature of the forces acting on a weakly conductive liquid dielectric in an electric field will be considered. In the general case there act upon the liquid dielectric a Coulomb force related to space charge and a polarization force 1]. In many studies the motion of a conductive liquid dielectric has been explained by the presence of the polarization force, with the Coulomb force being ignored. In the present study it will be demonstrated that the force related to space charge may be larger than or of the same order as the forces connected with polarization of the medium and, generally speaking, must be considered in describing the equations of motion in concrete cases.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 155–157, January–February, 1977. |
