A plate theory for nematic liquid crystalline solids

We derive a Föppl-von Kármán-type constitutive model for solid liquid crystalline plates where the nematic director may or may not rotate freely relative to the elastic network. To obtain the reduced two-dimensional model, we rely on the deformation decomposition of a nematic solid into an elastic d...

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Auteurs principaux: Mihai, LA, Goriely, A
Format: Journal article
Langue:English
Publié: Elsevier 2020