The rise of Newtonian drops in a nematic liquid crystal

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 593, Issue , 2007, Pages 385-404

  Zhou, Chunfeng ^a   Yue, Pengtao ^a   Feng, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG COEFFICIENT; DROPS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VELOCITY; VISCOSITY; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

NEWTONIAN DROPS; VISCOUS ANISOTROPY; VORTEX RING;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG COEFFICIENT; DROPS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VELOCITY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; VISCOSITY; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL; FLOW FIELD; NEWTONIAN FLUID; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY; VORTEX;

EID: 36549014150     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007008889     Document Type: Article

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