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dc.contributor.advisorLiu, Weishi
dc.contributor.authorDorn, Timothy
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-28T17:16:28Z
dc.date.available2012-10-28T17:16:28Z
dc.date.issued2012-05-31
dc.date.submitted2012
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:12107
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/10322
dc.description.abstractThe liquid crystal phase is a phase of matter between the solid and liquid phase whose flow is characterized by a velocity field and a director field which describes locally the orientation of the liquid crystal. In this work we explore shearing flows in two related continuum models of liquid crystals. The first is a phenomenological model of frictional forces in a geological fault, which is motivated by the second model, the Leslie-Ericksen continuum theory of liquid crystals.
dc.format.extent89 pages
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsThis item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author.
dc.subjectMathematics
dc.subjectMaterials science
dc.titleShearing Flows in Liquid Crystal Models
dc.typeDissertation
dc.contributor.cmtememberOh, Myunghyun
dc.contributor.cmtememberStanislavova, Milena
dc.contributor.cmtememberVan Vleck, Erik
dc.contributor.cmtememberShi, JiCong
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineMathematics
dc.thesis.degreeLevelPh.D.
kusw.oastatusna
kusw.oapolicyThis item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
kusw.bibid8085733
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