A theoretical investigation of the Pieranski-Guyon instability in Couette flow of nematic liquid crystals (Q1169867)
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A theoretical investigation of the Pieranski-Guyon instability in Couette flow of nematic liquid crystals (English)
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1982
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orthonormalisation
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Ericksen-Leslie theory
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incompressible nematic liquid crystals
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stability of Couette flow
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space between two long, concentric, circular cylinders, common axis in vertical direction
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polar coordinates
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director
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velocity fields
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linear stability
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uniformly aligned state
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homogeneous instability
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Taylor roll instability
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narrow gap approximation
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material MBBA
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critical shear rate thresholds
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onset of instability
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