Poiseuille flow of Leslie-Ericksen discotic liquid crystal: Solution multiplicity, multistability, and non-Newtonian rheology

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 110, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 103-142

  de Andrade Lima, L R P ^a   Rey, A D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discotic nematic liquid crystals; Leslie Ericksen equation; Non Newtonian rheology; Poiseuille flow; Solution multiplicity and multistability

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

POISEUILLE FLOW;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

LIQUID CRYSTAL; NON-NEWTONIAN FLOW; POISEUILLE FLOW; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0037343912     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0257(03)00006-5     Document Type: Article

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