摘要

We study strong solutions of the simplified Ericksen-Leslie system modeling compressible nematic liquid crystal flows in a domain Omega subset of R-3. We first prove the local existence of a unique strong solution provided that the initial data rho(0), u(0), d(0) are sufficiently regular and satisfy a natural compatibility condition. The initial density function rho(0) may vanish on an open subset (i.e., an initial vacuum may exist). We then prove a criterion for possible breakdown of such a local strong solution