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Solving Nematodynamic with Lattice Boltzmann Method
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Ejtehadi, Mohammad Reza (Supervisor) ; jalali, Mir Abbas (Co-Advisor)
Abstract
Solving Nematodynamic equations with Lattice Boltzmann method is presented.We have studid the effect of shear flow on the direction of Director in different boundary conditions and different geometries.we simulated the 2D Nematic Fluid in simple shear with tangential and perpendicular anchoring and We saw nonliner effects on velocity profile when the anchoring of Nematic and boundary was perpendicular to the boundary.also we have investigated and presented the effect of shear velocity magnitude on the overall direction of Director.Also the effect of shear flow have studid for the Nematic between two hegzagons
Effect of the Geometry of Colloidal Particles on Nematic Liquid Crystals
, Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology ; Ejtehadi, Mohammad Reza (Supervisor) ; Mozaffari, Mohammad Reza (Co-Advisor)
Abstract
A liquid crystal is a state of matter composed of highly anisotropic building blocks. When liquid crystals are exposed to surfaces with given shapes and anchoring conditions, the orientation of their molecules gets spatially disordered and topological defects may form in the system. The interplay between liquid crystals and the geometry and topology of the colloidal particles has motivated extensive recent studies.In this thesis, we present the numerical modeling results for two faceted colloidal particles in a thermotropic nematic liquid crystal. To obtain the equilibrium nematic field with a finiteelement method, we numerically minimize the free energy of the system that based on the...