Rienäcker, G.; Kröger, M.; Hess, S. - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 315 (2002) 3, pp. 537-568
Based on a relaxation equation for the alignment tensor characterizing the molecular orientation in liquid crystals under flow we present results for the full orientational dynamics of homogeneous liquid crystals in a shear flow. We extend the analysis of the symmetry-adapted states by...