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A study is made of linear and nonlinear waves in liquid dielectrics in strong external electric fields. In the case of linear waves, it is assumed that the liquid has bipolar conduction, and allowance is made for recombination of oppositely charged ions. It is shown that two types of wave exist — acoustic and drift. Study of nonlinear waves shows that a solution can exist with stable nonexponential dispersal of a unipolar charged layer in an electric field. The stability of this solution is investigated. The conditions under which nonlinear drift waves can exist are found.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 98–106, January–February, 1983.
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Zhakin, A.I. Linear and nonlinear waves in liquid dielectrics. Fluid Dyn 18, 78–85 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01090513
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