Theory and Simulation of Extensional Flow-Induced Biaxiality in Discotic Mesophases
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Flow-induced biaxiality is simulated for a uniaxial discotic nematic liquid crystal subjected to a constant uniaxial, isothermal, incompressible, irrotational, extensional, three dimensional flow, using a previously presented model [Singh A-Pand Rey A D., J Phys. II
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