Question: Electrospray devices ( such as inkjet printers and one type of electrostatic thruster ) use a strong electric eld to accelerate a thin stream of

Electrospray devices (such as inkjet printers and one type of electrostatic thruster) use a strong electric eld to accelerate a thin stream of liquid until it breaks up into individual droplets. Consider a string of droplets whose diameter d (SI units of m) is set by the liquid properties of density (SI units of kg/m3), viscosity (SI units of Pas), and surface tension (SI units of N/m) as well as the initial stream diameter D (SI units of m) and the droplet kinetic energy E (SI units of J).(a)[4 pts] How many dimensionless groups are necessary to describe this problem, and why? (b)[8 pts] Using {rho,D,E} as your K-set, use a standard Buckingham-Pi dimensionless analysis to find the exponents for a surface tension-scaling coe cient of the form Pi_sigma = sigma*rho^alpha*D^beta*E^gamma Show your work for full credit! (c)[8 pts] Using the same K-set, use a standard Buckingham-Pi dimensionless analysis to find the exponents for a viscosity-scaling coe cient of the form Pi_mu = mu*rho^alpha*D^beta*E^gamma Again, show your work for full credit.

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