135 電場印加時における平行平板間ネマティック液晶の速度分布の計算(S34-3 複雑流体の流れとその応用(3),S34 複雑流体の流れとその応用)  [in Japanese] 135 Simulation of Velocity Profiles of Electric-Field Induced Nematic Liquid Crystalline Flows Between Parallel Plates  [in Japanese]

Simulation of velocity profiles of electric-fields induced nematic liquid crystalline flows between parallel plates has been achieved using the Leslie-Ericksen theory, as the fundamental research on the development of liquid crystalline micro-actuators. When the twist anchoring angle, which is the twist angle difference between the plates, is 0 degree, the induced velocity profile is anti-symmetric S-shaped profile. Thus the total flow rate of the system remains zero. On the other hand, the velocity profile is symmetric in x-direction and anti-symmetric in z-direction, for the case that the twist angle is 180 degree. The results show that the induced flow can be controlled by changing the anchoring conditions.