Continuum theory for nematic liquid crystals with tensorial order

DOI10.1016/j.jnnfm.2003.02.001zbMath1074.76007OpenAlexW1984953357MaRDI QIDQ2483968

Epifanio G. Virga, André M. Sonnet, Pier Luca Maffettone

Publication date: 1 August 2005

Published in: Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2003.02.001

zbMATH Keywords

variational principlealignment tensor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M30) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Liquid crystals (76A15)

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