Convection driven by centrifugal buoyancy in nematics
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- Published by EDP Sciences in Journal de Physique Lettres
- Vol. 36 (5), 145-147
- https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyslet:01975003605014500
Abstract
The onset of thermal convection in a nematic contained in a vertical rotating cylindrical annulus heated from the outside is studied as a function of the planar alignment of the liquid crystal director n. When n is horizontal, the results confirm data on gravitational buoyancy. An original first order like convection mode is obtained when n is parallel to the cylinder axisKeywords
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