Numerical simulations of smectic C liquid crystalline flow between parallel plates

Abstract

Numerical simulations of smeclic C liquid crystalline flow between parallel plates have been performed using the continuum theory for sinectic C liquid crysials proposed by Leslie et al. The flow of the smectic liquid crystalline materials are described in terms of the unit vector n parallel to the local averaged molecular orientation, the unit vector a normal to the smectic layer, and the veiocity vector. Velocity and molecular orientation fields are computed for smectic layer configurations between parallel plates.