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The Kinematic Effects of the Defects in Liquid Crystal Dynamics

The Kinematic Effects of the Defects in Liquid Crystal Dynamics
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Year:    2016

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 20 (2016), Iss. 1 : pp. 234–249

Abstract

Here we investigate the kinematic transports of the defects in the nematic liquid crystal system by numerical experiments. The model is a shear flow case of the viscoelastic continuum model simplified from the Ericksen-Leslie system. The numerical experiments are carried out by using a difference method. Based on these numerical experiments we find some interesting and important relationships between the kinematic transports and the characteristics of the flow. We present the development and interaction of the defects. These results are partly consistent with the observation from the experiments. Thus this scheme illustrates, to some extent, the kinematic effects of the defects.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.120115.071215a

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 20 (2016), Iss. 1 : pp. 234–249

Published online:    2016-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    16

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