Influence of the viscosity of a nonlinearly vibrating charged liquid drop on the positions of internal resonances

Abstract

An asymptotic analytical expression for the generatrix of a viscous charged liquid drop is for the first time derived in the second order of smallness in the axisymmetric initial deformation of the drop. The expression is represented as an infinite series in the roots of the dispersion relation and a finite sum of the numbers of modes specifying the initial deformation. In some of the terms of the analytical expression, the denominators involve the differences between the mode frequencies. These differences may become small under certain values of the charge, causing internal nonlinear resonant mode interaction. Analytical and numerical investigations of the effect of viscosity on the vibrating frequency show that the resonant values of the self-charge of the drop tend to increase with increasing viscosity. The viscosity of the liquid does not affect the spectrum of modes excited via nonlinear mode interaction.