A continuum model for flows of cholesteric liquid crystal polymers and permeation flows

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-61

  Cui, Zhenlu ^a   Wang, Qi ^b,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asymptotic expansion; Cholesteric liquid crystal; Continuum theory; Liquid crystal; Permeation flows; Polymers

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSION; CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; HYDRODYNAMIC THEORY; PERMEATION FLOWS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; LAMINAR FLOW; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

EID: 33748131690     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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