Elongational perturbations on nematic liquid crystal polymers under a weak shear

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Zhou, Hong ^a   Wang, Hongyun ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYMERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SHEAR FLOW;

LESLI-ERICKSEN THEORY; POLYMER CONCENTRATION; SMOLUCHOWSKI EQUATION;

FLUID MECHANICS;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYMERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 35748930885     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2794002     Document Type: Article

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