Supercritical bifurcations in simple shear flow of a non-aligning nematic: Reactive parameter and director anchoring effects

DOI10.1016/0377-0257(93)80070-RMaRDI QIDQ688005zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Juan-Miguel Gracia

Publication date 26 January 1994

Published in Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-0257(93)80070-R

zbMATH Keywords

dynamic simulationgyroscopic torque balanceLeslie-Ericksen equationsnon-aligning rigid-rod low molecular weight nematicthree-dimensional orientation fieldwall orientation anchoring

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Liquid crystals (76A15) Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability (76E05) Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30)

Review text

Nonlinear numerical analysis of the Leslie-Ericksen equations for transient and steady rectilinear simple shear flows is presented for a typical non-aligning rigid-rod low molecular weight nematic. A computationally efficient and accurate form of the torque balance, gyroscopic torque balance, is formulated and implemented. A series of experimentally measured material constant sets is used to investigate the effect of the reactive parameter on the three-dimensional orientation field. Stable steady state solutions for both parallel and homeotropic orientation anchorings are obtained. The exchange of stability in the orientation and velocity fields is described as a supercritical bifurcation.

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