Shear-driven and pressure-driven flow of a nematic liquid crystal in a slowly varying channel

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Carou, J Quintans ^a   Duffy, B R ^a   Mottram, N J ^a   Wilson, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blades; Boundary layers; Channel flow; Couette flow; Film flow; Flow instability; Liquid films; Nematic liquid crystals; Pattern formation; Poiseuille flow; Shear flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHANNEL FLOW; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PRESSURE DROP; STEADY FLOW; THIN FILMS;

COUETTE FLOW; FLOW INSTABILITY; LIQUID FILMS; PATTERN FORMATION; POISEUILLE FLOW;

SHEAR FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHANNEL FLOW; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PRESSURE DROP; SHEAR FLOW; STEADY FLOW; THIN FILMS;

EID: 33644605877     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2145750     Document Type: Article

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