Nematic director fields and topographies of solid shells of revolution

DOI10.1098/RSPA.2017.0566zbMATH Open1402.82022arXiv1712.03136OpenAlexW2787652111WikidataQ52382562 ScholiaQ52382562MaRDI QIDQ4559536FDOQ4559536

Authors: Mark Warner, Cyrus Mostajeran 

Publication date: 4 December 2018

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We solve the forward and inverse problems associated with the transformation of flat sheets to surfaces of revolution with non-trivial topography, including Gaussian curvature, without a stretch elastic cost. We deal with systems slender enough to have a small bend energy cost. Shape change is induced by light or heat causing contraction along a non-uniform director field in the plane of an initially flat nematic sheet. The forward problem is, given a director distribution, what shape is induced? Along the way, we determine the Gaussian curvature and the evolution with induced mechanical deformation of the director field and of material curves in the surface (proto-radii) that will become radii in the final surface. The inverse problem is, given a target shape, what director field does one need to specify? Analytic examples of director fields are fully calculated that will, for specific deformations, yield catenoids and paraboloids of revolution. The general prescription is given in terms of an integral equation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.03136

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zbMATH Keywords

shapeglassescurvaturenematicelastomers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Shells (74K25)

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