An analysis of oscillatory convection in homeotropic nematics

DOI10.1515/JNET.1987.12.4.301zbMath0635.76002OpenAlexW2005825781MaRDI QIDQ1097775

B. George

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/jnet.1987.12.4.301

zbMATH Keywords

instabilitysecant methodFourier series methodhomeotropic samples of a nematic liquid crystalhorizontal flat platesinitial threshold gradientnematic materialonset of oscillatory convection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Non-Newtonian fluids (76A05) Absolute and convective instability and stability in hydrodynamic stability (76E15) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

Cites Work

• A nonlinear analysis of thermal instabilities in homeotropic nematics
• A nonlinear analysis of thermal instabilities in nematic liquid crystals
• A numerical investigation into thermal instabilities in homeotropic nematics heated from below

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