A nonlinear analysis of thermal instabilities in nematic liquid crystals

DOI10.1515/jnet.1984.9.2.107zbMath0596.76054MaRDI QIDQ1079062

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

Publication date: 1984

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/jnet.1984.9.2.107

zbMATH Keywords

Boussinesq approximation; bifurcation; nonlinear analysis; Chebyshev collocation; equilibrium state; solvability condition; homeotropic problem; infinite set of linear inhomogeneous problems; linear homogeneous eigenvalue problem; linear theory prediction; perturbative expansion method; strong anchoring' boundary conditions; thermal convective instabilities; thin layers of nematic liquid crystal; two large, horizontal, flat plates; two-dimensional, stationary solutions; vertical thermal gradient

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76A05: Non-Newtonian fluids

76E15: Absolute and convective instability and stability in hydrodynamic stability

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