Euler-Poincaré approaches to nematodynamics

DOI10.1007/S10440-012-9719-XMaRDI QIDQ384067zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors François Gay-Balmaz, T. S. Ratiu, Cesare Tronci

Publication date 25 November 2013

Published in Acta Applicandae Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.2617

zbMATH Keywords

liquid crystalsnematodynamicsEricksen-Leslie equationmicropolar theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Liquid crystals (76A15) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30)

Abstract: Nematodynamics is the orientation dynamics of flowless liquid-crystals. We show how Euler-Poincar'e reduction produces a unifying framework for various theories, including Ericksen-Leslie, Luhiller-Rey, and Eringen's micropolar theory. In particular, we show that these theories are all compatible with each other and some of them allow for more general configurations involving a non vanishing discination density. All results are also extended to flowing liquid crystals.

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