By André M. Sonnet,Epifanio G. Virga
This is a booklet at the dissipative dynamics of ordered fluids,
with a selected specialise in liquid crystals. It covers an entire
range of alternative theories, regularly focused on nematic liquid
crystals in either their chiral and nonchiral editions. The authors
begin through giving an in depth account of the molecular origins of
orientational order in fluids. They then cross directly to boost a common
framework within which continuum theories for ordered fluids might be phrased.
Within this unified atmosphere, they conceal either well-established classical theories and new ones with facets that aren't but thoroughly settled. The booklet treats quite a lot of hydrodynamic theories for liquid crystals, from the unique Nineteen Sixties works via Ericksen and Leslie to new, fast-developing principles of liquid crystal technology. the ultimate bankruptcy is dedicated to nematoacoustics and its purposes. previous experiments at the propagation of ultrasound waves in nematic liquid crystals are interpreted and defined
in the sunshine of a brand new thought constructed in the basic theoretical infrastructure proposed within the physique of the publication.
This e-book is meant either for graduate scholars
scholars in arithmetic, physics, and engineering of complicated
materials. It offers an exceptional framework for liquid crystal
hydrodynamics and exhibits the unifying strategies on the foundation of the
classical theories. It illustrates how those suggestions is additionally
applied to a large choice of recent issues.
Andre M. Sonnet is within the division of arithmetic and records at the collage of Strathclyde, Glasgow (Scotland) and Epifanio G.
Virga is within the division of arithmetic on the collage of Pavia (Italy). they've got an extended background of operating jointly in liquid crystal technology and feature contributed, particularly, to the theories of
defects and biaxial nematics.
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