Nonlinear continuum theory of smectic-A liquid crystals

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-175

  Weinan, E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY OF LIQUIDS; ELASTICITY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; STRESSES;

ELASTIC STRESS; ERICKSEN-LESLIE THEORY; HYDROSTATIC THEORY; MOLECULAR FIELD; NONLINEAR CONTINUUM THEORY;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS;

EID: 0031379597     PISSN: 00039527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002050050026     Document Type: Article

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