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SPENCER, T. J. and CARE, C. M. (2006). Lattice boltzmann scheme for modeling liquid crystal dynamics: Zenithal bistable device in the presence of defect motion. Physical review E, 74 (6), 061708.
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A lattice Boltzmann scheme is presented which recovers the dynamics of nematic and chiral liquid crystals; the method essentially gives solutions to the Qian-Sheng [Phys. Rev. E 58, 7475 (1998)] equations for the evolution of the velocity and tensor order-parameter fields. The resulting algorithm is able to include five independent Leslie viscosities, a Landau-deGennes free energy which introduces three or more elastic constants, a temperature dependent order parameter, surface anchoring and viscosity coefficients, flexoelectric and order electricity, and chirality. When combined with a solver for the Maxwell equations associated with the electric field, the algorithm is able to provide a full “device solver” for a liquid crystal display. Coupled lattice Boltzmann schemes are used to capture the evolution of the fast momentum and slow director motions in a computationally efficient way. The method is shown to give results in close agreement with analytical results for a number of validating examples. The use of the method is illustrated through the simulation of the motion of defects in a zenithal bistable liquid crystal device.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | ©2006 The American Physical Society |
| Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Materials and Engineering Research Institute > Modelling Research Centre > Materials Modelling group |
| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.74.061708 |
| Page Range: | 061708 |
| Depositing User: | Ann Betterton |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Oct 2007 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2021 21:30 |
| URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/893 |
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