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J. Phys. II France
Volume 7, Numéro 9, September 1997
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| Page(s) | 1261 - 1272 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jp2:1997185 | |
DOI: 10.1051/jp2:1997185
J. Phys. II France 7 (1997) 1261-1272
1 Institut Non Linéaire de Nice U.M.R 129 C.N.R.S., Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, 1361 route des Lucioles, 06560 Valbonne, France
2 IRPHE UMR 138, Université Aix-Marseille, Faculté de St.-Jérôme, S252, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France
3 ESM2, IMT, Technopole de Château-Gombert, 13451 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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J. Phys. II France 7 (1997) 1261-1272
Flow Alignment in Smectic Liquid Crystal
C. Chevallard1, T. Frisch2, 3 and J.M. Gilli11 Institut Non Linéaire de Nice U.M.R 129 C.N.R.S., Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, 1361 route des Lucioles, 06560 Valbonne, France
2 IRPHE UMR 138, Université Aix-Marseille, Faculté de St.-Jérôme, S252, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France
3 ESM2, IMT, Technopole de Château-Gombert, 13451 Marseille Cedex 20, France
(Received 18 December 1996, revised 9 May 1997, accepted 27 May 1997)
Abstract
The experimental results of Cladis et al. [1] about the behaviour of smectic-C liquid crystal free-standing films subjected to a two-dimensional shear flow are reproduced
via a Ginzburg-Landau model which is simulated numerically. The model takes into account effects that were first neglected in
the theoretical analysis made by Cladis et al.; particular emphasis is put on the influence of the elastic anisotropy and the nonrotational part of the flow.
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