Homogeneous pattern selection and director instabilities of nematic liquid crystal polymers induced by elongational flows

DOI10.1063/1.870255MaRDI QIDQ3544070zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors M. Gregory Forest, Qi Wang, Hong Zhou

Publication date 5 December 2008

Published in Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://semanticscholar.org/paper/22fc7725735fd35f98ca96cc0c6585539cf75fef

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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