Hydrodynamics of pair-annihilating disclination lines in nematic liquid crystals

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Svensek D ^a   Zumer S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELASTICITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY;

ELASTIC ANISOTROPY; ELASTIC STRESSES; HYDRODYNAMIC FLOW; STRESS TENSOR;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 37649027731     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.021712     Document Type: Article

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