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Order Tensor Theories

In: Dissipative Ordered Fluids

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  • André M. Sonnet

    (University of Strathclyde, Department of Mathematics and Statistics)

  • Epifanio G. Virga

    (Università di Pavia, Dipartimento di Matematica)

Abstract

The history of order tensor theories is a long and winding one. Since DE GENNES introduced what he called the tensor order parameter in [57, 58] to phrase a LANDAU- GINZBURG-type theory for the nematic order, many steps have been taken toward a general continuum theory of nematics with tensorial order. Using standard methods of nonequilibrium thermodynamics, HESS [142, 143] and later OLMSTED and GOLDBART [254, 255] obtained constitutive theories for homogeneous alignments, later generalized by HESS and PARDOWITZ to include also spatial variations [145]. All these attempts were impaired by not yielding the full anisotropy of viscosities predicted by the ERICKSEN-LESLIE director theory. An extension using a codeformational model was proposed in [144], and while it recovered the complete anisotropy of viscosities, it failed to be otherwise fully consistent with the phenomenological ERICKSEN-LESLIE theory [267].

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  • André M. Sonnet & Epifanio G. Virga, 2012. "Order Tensor Theories," Springer Books, in: Dissipative Ordered Fluids, edition 127, chapter 4, pages 207-237, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-0-387-87815-7_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-87815-7_4
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