A nonlinear analysis of thermal instabilities in homeotropic nematics

DOI10.1515/JNET.1985.10.1.37MaRDI QIDQ1060079zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors D. A. Hodson, P. J. Barratt, David Sloan

Publication date 1985

Published in Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1515/jnet.1985.10.1.37

zbMATH Keywords

bifurcationChebyshev collocationcontinuum equationsexistence of finite amplitude disturbancesnematic liquid crystalsnonlinear analysisperturbation methodthermal instabilitytwo infinite, horizontal flat platesvertical temperature gradient

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Non-Newtonian fluids (76A05) Thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A99)

Review text

This paper employs a nonlinear analysis of the continuum equations to investigate the onset of thermal instability in a layer of nematic liquid crystals confined between two infinite, horizontal flat plates in the presence of a vertical temperature gradient. We consider the case in which the anisotropic axis is initially uniformly aligned perpendicular to the plates. A perturbation method is used on the nonlinear equations to investigate the possible existence of finite amplitude disturbances close to the linear threshold. The nature of the bifurcation is established using a numerical method based on Chebyshev collocation. The investigation includes a study of the effect on the bifurcation produced by a uniform magnetic field applied vertically across the plates.

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