Energy Minimization for Liquid Crystal Equilibrium with Electric and Flexoelectric Effects

DOI10.1137/140975036zbMath1446.76065arXiv1407.3197OpenAlexW1875770540MaRDI QIDQ3196662

Scott MacLachlan, Thomas R. Benson, J. H. Adler, T. J. Atherton, D. B. Emerson

Publication date: 30 October 2015

Published in: SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.3197

zbMATH Keywords

nematic liquid crystalsmixed finite elementssaddle-point problemenergy optimizationNewton linearizationcoupled multigridVanka relaxation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M30) Liquid crystals (76A15) Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M10)

Related Items (9)

Block preconditioners for saddle point systems arising from liquid crystal directors modeling ⋮ Constrained Optimization for Liquid Crystal Equilibria ⋮ Iterative Methods for Double Saddle Point Systems ⋮ The Ericksen model of liquid crystals with colloidal and electric effects ⋮ Combining Deflation and Nested Iteration for Computing Multiple Solutions of Nonlinear Variational Problems ⋮ A finite element method for the generalized Ericksen model of nematic liquid crystals ⋮ The Q-tensor model with uniaxial constraint ⋮ Augmented Lagrangian preconditioners for the Oseen-Frank model of nematic and cholesteric liquid crystals ⋮ A new mixed finite-element method for \(H^2\) elliptic problems

Uses Software

• UMFPACK
• deal.ii

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