Disclinated states in nematic elastomers

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2691-2716

  Fried, Eliot ^a   Todres, Russell E ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclinations; Energy minima; Nematic elastomers

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; FREE ENERGY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ISOCHORIC RADIAL EXPANSION; NEMATIC ELASTOMERS;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 0036887782     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(02)00013-3     Document Type: Short Survey

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