Computer modeling of liquid crystal hydrodynamics

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 814-817

  James, Richard ^a   Willman, Eero ^a   Fernandez, F Aníbal ^a   Day, Sally E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive meshing; Finite elements; Liquid crystal modeling; Variable order parameter

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MESHING; LIQUID CRYSTAL MODELING; VARIABLE ORDER PARAMETERS;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; POISSON EQUATION; TENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 44049103377     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2007.916029     Document Type: Article

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