Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2002-12-12
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.67.061703
A lattice Boltzmann (LB) scheme is described which recovers the equations developed by Qian--Sheng for the hydrodynamics of a nematic liquid crystal with a tensor order parameter. The standard mesoscopic LB scalar density is generalised to a tensor quantity and the macroscopic momentum, density and tensor order parameter are recovered from appropriate moments of this mesoscopic density. A single lattice Boltzmann equation is used with a direction dependent BGK collision term, with additional forcing terms to recover the antisymmetric terms in the stress tensor. A Chapman Enskog analysis is presented which demonstrates that the Qian--Sheng scheme is recovered, provided a lattice with sixth order isotropy is used. The method is validated against analytical results for a number of cases including flow alignment of the order tensor and the Miesowicz viscosities in the presence of an aligning magnetic field. The algorithm accurately recovers the predicted changes in the order parameter in the presence of aligning flow, and magnetic, fields.
Care C. M.
Good K.
Halliday Ian
Lishchuk S. V.
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