Liquid Crystal Modeling: Thermodynamics & Numerical Methods
Pablo Zubieta, Jonathan Salmerón-Hernández, Suraj Sudhakar
We first present the hydrodynamic equations for lyotropic (concentration-dependent) Liquid Crystals, derived via the thermodynamic GENERIC framework. Next, we introduce our .jl package to solve these equations, combining (1) finite differences (inspired by DiffEqOperators.jl) and (2) the Lattice Boltzmann method (found in Trixi.jl). Solving in 2D and 3D, under different flows and with external electric fields, we demonstrate that our methodology allows the prediction of experimental data.
Computational Chemistry and Materials Science Minisymposium
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