Bridging Transfer Phenomena of Conductive Pendent Drop

The Effects of Electromagnetic Pinch Force on the Bridging Transfer (Rept.3)

Abstract

The dynamics of bridging transfer are theoretically and experimentally investigated. Timedependent deformation of the liquid metal bridge, which.is formed between the electrode and the pool by a contact of a pendent drop with the pool surface, is observed by high speed photography and simulated with aids of the numerical solution technique for the dynamics of a viscous incompressible fluid with a free surface (MAC method) based on Finite-Difference Method. It is shown that the liquid of the pendent drop is driven to flow into the pool by the capillary force and the electromagnetic pinch force acting on the conducting bridge.