Rayleigh-Bénard convection in a homeotropically aligned nematic liquid crystal

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 5885-5897

  Thomas, Leif ^a   Pesch, Werner ^b   Ahlers, Guenter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMAL DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; THERMAL EXPANSION; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

CODIMENSION TWO POINT; DIAMAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOMEOTROPICALLY ALIGNMENT; RAYLEIGH-BENARD CONVECTION; TRICRITICAL POINT;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0032209202     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.58.5885     Document Type: Article

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