Spatial development of director orientation of tumbling nematic liquid crystals in pressure-driven channel flow
DOI10.1016/S0377-0257(98)00064-0zbMath0947.76004WikidataQ126781953 ScholiaQ126781953MaRDI QIDQ1818563
Shigeomi Chono, Morton M. Denn, Tomohiro Tsuji
Publication date: 2 November 2000
Published in: Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0377-0257(98)00064-0
finite difference method; flow between parallel plates; texture; developing flow; Leslie-Ericksen equations; Ericksen number; discrete orientation; inlet length; tumbling nematic liquid crystal; tumbling parameter
76M20: Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics
82D30: Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses)
76A15: Liquid crystals
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