Spatial development of director orientation of tumbling nematic liquid crystals in pressure-driven channel flow

DOI10.1016/S0377-0257(98)00064-0zbMath0947.76004OpenAlexW1974044267WikidataQ126781953 ScholiaQ126781953MaRDI QIDQ1818563

Shigeomi Chono, Morton M. Denn, Tomohiro Tsuji

Publication date: 2 November 2000

Published in: Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0377-0257(98)00064-0

zbMATH Keywords

finite difference methodflow between parallel platestexturedeveloping flowLeslie-Ericksen equationsEricksen numberdiscrete orientationinlet lengthtumbling nematic liquid crystaltumbling parameter

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Liquid crystals (76A15)

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