Singularities and nonuniqueness in cylindrical flow of nematic liquid crystals. (Q5954491)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1700799
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Singularities and nonuniqueness in cylindrical flow of nematic liquid crystals. (English)
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4 February 2002
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This paper adresses some aspects of the behaviour of the director field of a nematic liquid crystal flowing through a tube with circular cross-section. Both the flow and the director field are assumed to have cylindrical symmetry. Moreover the heat flow of harmonic mappings, finite-time blow up phenomena for the associated parabolic problem are established.
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nematic liquid
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crystal
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cylindrical flow
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symmetry
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blow-up
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