Finite element analysis of the landau-de gennes minimization problem for liquid crystals

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 336-362

  Davis, Timothy A ^a   Gartland Jr , Eugene C ^b  

^a GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Landau de gennes free energy; Liquid crystals; Nonlinear convergence analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000484868     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142996297448     Document Type: Article

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