A rod theory for liquid crystalline elastomers
We derive a general constitutive model for nematic liquid crystalline rods. Our approach consists in reducing the three-dimensional strain-energy density of a nematic cylindrical structure to a one-dimensional energy of a nematic rod. The reduced one-dimensional model connects directly the optotherm...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
2022
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