Thermal convection in nematic layers
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Thermal convection in nematic layers
zbMATH Open document ID: 0578.76007
author: P. J. Barratt
author: Ignacio Zúñiga
published in: Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics
publication date: 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: We allow the perturbation variables to be dependent on both spatial variables in the plane of the plates. For the homeotropic alignment we show analytically that the two and three dimensional problems are equivalent. For planar orientation we solve numerically the three dimensional problem and show that the two dimensional solution for the critical threshold is a local minimum.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76A05
zbMATH DE Number: 3926453
zbMATH Keywords: linear stability
zbMATH Keywords: Rayleigh-Bénard convection problem
zbMATH Keywords: normal
zbMATH Keywords: mode solutions
zbMATH Keywords: nematic liquid crystals
zbMATH Keywords: homeotropic alignment
zbMATH Keywords: planar orientation
zbMATH Keywords: critical threshold
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: jnet.1985.10.3.233
OpenAlex ID: W4240278334
cites work: A numerical investigation into thermal instabilities in homeotropic nematics heated from below
DOI: 10.1515/JNET.1985.10.3.233
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3926453