The effect of  magnetic fields and boundary conditions on the Couette flow of nematics

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dc.contributor.author	Kini, U.D.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2005-12-27T11:00:22Z	-
dc.date.available	2005-12-27T11:00:22Z	-
dc.date.issued	1976	-
dc.identifier.citation	Pramana, 1976, Vol. 7, p223-235.	en
dc.identifier.issn	0304-4289	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/915	-
dc.description.abstract	The paper discusses the theory of Couette flow of a nematic liquid crystal. The apparent viscosity, orientation and velocity profiles are computed for pazoxyanisole as functions of shear rate and magnetic field for symmetric and asymmetric molecular alignments at the boundaries and for different relative radii of the cylinders. For symmetric homeotropic boundary condition an azimuthal field exhibits a threshold analogous to a Freedericksz transition. An expression is also derived for the Freedericksz threshold in the hydrostatic case.	en
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dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India.	en
dc.rights	Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India.	en
dc.subject	Liquid crystal	en
dc.subject	p-azoxyanisole	en
dc.subject	Couette flow	en
dc.title	The effect of magnetic fields and boundary conditions on the Couette flow of nematics	en
dc.type	Article	en
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