Flow and Nematic Director Profiles in a Microfluidic Channel: The Interplay of Nematic Material Constants and Backflow

Flow and Nematic Director Profiles in a Microfluidic Channel: The Interplay of Nematic Material Constants and Backflow

We numerically and analytically study the flow and nematic order parameter profiles in a microfluidic channel, within the Beris–Edwards theory for nematodynamics, with two different types of boundary conditions—strong anchoring/Dirichlet conditions and mixed boundary conditions f...

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Main Authors: Sourav Mondal, Ian M. Griffiths, Florian Charlet, Apala Majumdar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-06-01
Series:Fluids
Subjects:
nematic liquid crystal
Beris–Edwards
flow hydrodynamics
asymptotic analysis
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2311-5521/3/2/39

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