A linear analysis of instabilities in Couette flow of nematic liquid crystals

DOI10.1007/BF01332252zbMath0624.76005OpenAlexW2048405520MaRDI QIDQ3026524

J. M. Manley, V. A. Nye, P. J. Barratt

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Rheologica Acta (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01332252

zbMATH Keywords

linear stability analysisCouette flownematic liquid crystalFourier series methodcontinuum equationscritical shear ratecritical threshold valuesroll-type instabilities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Non-Newtonian fluids (76A05) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

Cites Work

• A theoretical investigation of the Pieranski-Guyon instability in Couette flow of nematic liquid crystals
• Some constitutive equations for liquid crystals
• Stability of Couette flow in nematic liquid crystals

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