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In this paper, the coupled fractional Ginzburg-Landau equations are first time investigated numerically. A linearized implicit finite difference scheme is proposed. The scheme involves three time levels, is unconditionally stable and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-01 Dongdong He , Kejia Pan

We present a fully discrete convergent finite difference scheme for the Q-tensor flow of liquid crystals based on the energy-stable semi-discrete scheme by Zhao, Yang, Gong, and Wang (Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg. 2017). We prove…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-27 Varun M. Gudibanda , Franziska Weber , Yukun Yue

We present a novel framework for the study of disclinations in two-dimensional active nematic liquid crystals, and topological defects in general. The order tensor formalism is used to calculate exact multi-particle solutions of the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-02-28 Dario Cortese , Jens Eggers , Tanniemola B. Liverpool

High-fidelity numerical simulation serves as a cornerstone for exploring magnetization dynamics in micromagnetics. This work introduces a novel third-order temporally accurate and stable numerical scheme for the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-11-27 Changjian Xie

We consider a continuum model describing the dynamic behavior of nematic liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) and implement a numerical scheme to solve the governing equations. In the model, the Helmholtz free energy and Rayleigh dissipation…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-19 Wei Zhu , Michael Shelley , Peter Palffy-Muhoray

In this paper, we propose a linear and monolithic finite element method for the approximation of an incompressible viscous fluid interacting with an elastic and deforming plate. We use the arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) approach that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-13 Sebastian Schwarzacher , Bangwei She , Karel Tuma

A numerical method is developed for solving a system of partial differential equations modeling the flow of a nematic liquid crystal fluid with stretching effect, which takes into account the geometrical shape of its molecules. This system…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-07-11 R. C. Cabrales , F. Guillén-González , J. V. Gutiérrez-Santacreu

For linear and fully non-linear diffusion equations of Bellman-Isaacs type, we introduce a class of approximation schemes based on differencing and interpolation. As opposed to classical numerical methods, these schemes work for general…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-05-26 Kristian Debrabant , Espen R. Jakobsen

The blue phases are fascinating and complex states of chiral liquid crystals which can be modeled by a comprehensive framework of the Landau-de theory, satisfying energy dissipation and maximum bound principle. In this paper, we develop and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Wenshuai Hu , Guanghua Ji

How to develop efficient numerical schemes while preserving the energy stability at the discrete level is a challenging issue for the three component Cahn-Hilliard phase-field model. In this paper, we develop first and second order temporal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-02-01 Xiaofeng Yang , Jia Zhao , Qi Wang , Jie Shen

The simulation of large nonlinear dynamical systems, including systems generated by discretization of hyperbolic partial differential equations, can be computationally demanding. Such systems are important in both fluid and kinetic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-06-14 Alexander Engel , Graeme Smith , Scott E. Parker

Consideration is given to the effects of inhomogeneous shear flow (both regular and chaotic) on nematic liquid crystals in a planar geometry. The Landau--de Gennes equation coupled to an externally-prescribed flow field is the basis for the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-07-20 Lennon O'Naraigh

Many applications of computational fluid dynamics require multiple simulations of a flow under different input conditions. In this paper, a numerical algorithm is developed to efficiently determine a set of such simulations in which the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-05-29 Max Gunzburger , Nan Jiang , Zhu Wang

An exact kinematic law for the motion of disclination lines in nematic liquid crystals as a function of the tensor order parameter $\mathbf{Q}$ is derived. Unlike other order parameter fields that become singular at their respective defect…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-05-31 Cody D. Schimming , Jorge Viñals

We present a tensor-based finite element scheme for a smectic-A liquid crystal model. We propose a simple C\'ea-type finite element projection in the linear case and prove its quasi-optimal convergence. Special emphasis is put on the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-28 Thomas Führer , Norbert Heuer , Torsten Linß

We demonstrate that a first order isotropic-to-nematic phase transition in liquid crystals can be succesfully modeled within the generalized Landau-de Gennes theory by selecting an appropriate combination of elastic constants. The numerical…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-02-19 Dmitry Golovaty , Young-Ki Kim , Oleg D. Lavrentovich , Michael Novack , Peter Sternberg

This study focuses on the numerical discretization methods for the continuous-time discounted linear-quadratic optimal control problem (LQ-OCP) with time delays. By assuming piecewise constant inputs, we formulate the discrete system…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-29 Zhanhao Zhang , Steen Hørsholt , John Bagterp Jørgensen

Nematic liquid crystals exhibit configurations in which the underlying ordering changes markedly on macroscopic length scales. Such structures include topological defects in the nematic phase and tactoids within nematic-isotropic…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-05-01 Cody D. Schimming , Jorge Viñals

A fast, parallel algorithm for distant-dependent calculation and simulation of crystal properties is presented along with speedup results and methods of application. An illustrative example is used to compute the Lennard-Jones lattice…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-09-18 Matthew Stein

In this paper, we consider a complex fluid modeling nematic liquid crystal flows, which is described by a system coupling Navier-Stokes equations with a parabolic Q-tensor system. We first prove the global existence of weak solutions in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-19 Jinrui Huang , Shijin Ding