Hydrodynamic instabilities in a periodically sheared nematic liquid crystal
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- Published by EDP Sciences in Journal de Physique
- Vol. 46 (5), 673-679
- https://doi.org/10.1051/jphys:01985004605067300
Abstract
We report the observation of roll and square instabilities induced by various periodical shears in a nematic liquid cell. The experimental threshold curves are compared with the theoretical model of Koch, Rothen, Sadik and SchöriKeywords
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