Local stability of biaxial nematic phases between two cylinders

DOI10.1016/S0020-7462(97)81142-0zbMath0903.76007OpenAlexW2060097024MaRDI QIDQ1371104

Paolo Biscari, Epifanio G. Virga

Publication date: 11 January 1999

Published in: International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0020-7462(97)81142-0

zbMATH Keywords

variational problemcomparison theoremfree energy functionalBessel functionspotential wellasymptotic criterion for radial solutionstability of equilibrium configurations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M30) Liquid crystals (76A15) Hydrodynamic stability (76E99)

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