(1) Introduction.-The electromagnetodynamics of fluids combines the dynamics of fluids and electromagnetic theory. It has been independently developed in two theories: magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics, depending upon the properties of the fluid considered and the prevalence of either magnetic fields or electric fields. The space permitted here forbids us from going into any apprais...

We study numerically the deformation of sessile dielectric drops immersed in a second fluid when submitted to the optical radiation pressure of a continuous Gaussian laser wave. Both drop stretching and drop squeezing are investigated at steady state where capillary effects balance the optical radiation pressure. A boundary integral method is implemented to solve the axisymmetric Stokes flow in...

This paper discusses recent items of progress in understanding liquid-metal ion source (LMIS) behaviour, in the more general context of electrohydrodynamics. (1) Like the Taylor-Gilbert cone, the phenomenon of the vem conrracta has been known for several hundred years. It is argued that the cusp-on-a-cone shape of an operating LMIS is a similar phenomenon, except that the forces acting are elec...