Complex backflow dynamics in nematic liquid crystals

DOI10.1007/S001610200088MaRDI QIDQ699699zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors D. Svenšek, S. Žumer

Publication date 25 September 2002

Published in Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s001610200088

zbMATH Keywords

backflow dynamicscapillarydirector dynamicsmagnetic fieldnematic liquid crystalrelaxationthree-dimensional director fieldvelocity field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Liquid crystals (76A15) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30)

Review text

The authors study numerically the backflow problem of a nematic liquid crystal confined to a long capillary and subjected to external magnetic field. They review the nematodynamic equations, introduce the characteristic scales, and give a short explanation of numerical implementation. The snapshots of three-dimensional director and velocity fields are presented. It is demonstrated that there are cases where the backflow does not merely introduce quantitative corrections to the director dynamics, but changes the relaxation process in a complete manner.

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