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Dissipation, surface energy and defects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1997

M. CARME CALDERER
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA

Abstract

A model for Poiseuille flow of nematic liquid crystals is examined where a layered structure of defects parallel to the flow is present. Constant gradient flows are discussed, together with symmetric and chevron configurations for such flow problems.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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