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Mechanisms behind the oscillations of a charged spheroidal drop deformed at the zero time and the sequence of oscillation modes are investigated. It is shown that two modes adjacent to those governing the initial deformation are also excited on either side due to interaction between the spheroidal deformation and oscillation modes. If the charge of the drop is so close to a value critical for electrostatic instability that the finite-amplitude virtual initial deformation makes the fundamental mode unstable, its amplitude, as well as the amplitude of the nearest neighbor coupled to the fundamental mode through deformation, starts to exponentially grow with time. If the charge is equal to, or slightly exceeds the critical value, the amplitudes of the fundamental mode and all modes deformation-coupled with it lose stability almost simultaneously. This qualitatively changes the conditions under which the charged drop becomes unstable against the self-charge. The superposition of higher oscillation modes at the vertices of the spheroidal drop generates dynamic (i.e., time-oscillating) hillocks emitting an excessive charge.
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Original Russian Text © S.O. Shiryaeva, A.I. Grigor’ev, D.O. Kornienko, 2010, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2010, Vol. 80, No. 11, pp. 11–20.
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Shiryaeva, S.O., Grigor’ev, A.I. & Kornienko, D.O. Mechanisms behind spheroidal oscillations and electrostatic instability of a charged drop. Tech. Phys. 55, 1558–1568 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784210110034
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