An energy law preserving C0 finite element scheme for simulating the kinematic effects in liquid crystal dynamics

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1411-1427

  Lin, Ping ^a   Liu, Chun ^b   Zhang, Hui ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C0 finite element approximation; Discrete energy law; Liquid crystal flow; Non Newtonian fluids; Singularity dynamics

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS;

C0 FINITE ELEMENT APPROXIMATION; DISCRETE ENERGIES; DISCRETE ENERGY LAW; ENERGY LAWS; FINITE ELEMENT APPROXIMATIONS; FINITE-ELEMENT SCHEMES; LIQUID CRYSTAL FLOW; LIQUID-CRYSTALS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; SINGULARITY DYNAMIC;

ENERGY DISSIPATION;

EID: 36148961651     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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