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Chaotic orientational behavior of a nematic liquid crystal subjected to a steady shear flow
2002
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics
Based on a relaxation equation for the second rank alignment tensor characterizing the molecular orientation in liquid crystals, we report on a number of symmetry-breaking transient states and simple periodic and irregular, chaotic out-of-plane orbits under steady flow. Both an intermittency route and a period-doubling route to chaos are found for this five-dimensional dynamic system in a certain range of parameters ͑shear rate, tumbling parameter at isotropic-nematic coexistence, and reduced
doi:10.1103/physreve.66.040702
pmid:12443167
fatcat:gdptckscozfeddd6gwoo6vikgi