A numerical investigation into thermal instabilities in homeotropic nematics heated from below

DOI10.1017/S002211208100270XzbMath0456.76008OpenAlexW2018373505MaRDI QIDQ3904903

David M. Sloan, P. J. Barratt

Publication date: 1981

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s002211208100270x

zbMATH Keywords

Chebyshev polynomialsnematic liquid crystalvertical temperature gradientthermal instabilitieshomeotropic orientationhorizontal, infinite flat platesstationary roll-type instabilities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Absolute and convective instability and stability in hydrodynamic stability (76E15) Applications to the sciences (65Z05) Foundations, constitutive equations, rheology, hydrodynamical models of non-fluid phenomena (76A99)

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An analysis of oscillatory convection in homeotropic nematics ⋮ The calculation of eigenvalues for the stationary perturbation of Poiseuille flow ⋮ A nonlinear analysis of thermal instabilities in homeotropic nematics ⋮ The effect of non-uniform temperature gradients on thermal instabilities in nematic liquid crystals ⋮ Thermal convection in nematic layers

Cites Work

• Some constitutive equations for liquid crystals
• A matrix method for ordinary differential eigenvalue problems
• Accurate solution of the Orr–Sommerfeld stability equation

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