Nonlinear dynamics of a nematic liquid crystal in the presence of a shear flow

DOI10.1098/RSPA.2002.1019MaRDI QIDQ4470769zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors E. Vicente Alonso, T. J. Sluckin, A. A. Wheeler

Publication date 15 June 2004

Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2002.1019

zbMATH Keywords

bifurcation theorynematic liquid crystalshear flowTakens-Bogdanov point

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical systems in fluid mechanics, oceanography and meteorology (37N10) Liquid crystals (76A15) Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30)

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