Simulations of flow-induced director structures in nematic liquid crystals through Leslie-Ericksen equations. I. Computational methodology in two dimensions

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

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 2288-2300

  Polimeno, Antonino ^a   Orian, Laura ^a   Martins, Assis F ^b   Gomes, Alexandre E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOELASTICITY;

FLOW INDUCED DIRECTOR STRUCTURES; LESLIE-ERICKSEN EQUATIONS; NEMATODYNAMICS; VISCOELASTIC COEFFICIENTS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0034238536     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.62.2288     Document Type: Article

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