Steady-states for shear flows of a liquid-crystal model: Multiplicity, stability, and hysteresis

作者:Dorn Tim; Liu Weishi*
来源:Journal of Differential Equations, 2012, 253(12): 3184-3210.
DOI:10.1016/j.jde.2012.08.027

摘要

In this work, we study shear flows of a fluid layer between two solid blocks via a liquid-crystal type model proposed in [C.H.A. Cheng, L.H. Kellogg, S. Shkoller, D.L Turcotte, A liquid-crystal model for friction, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 21 (2007) 1-5] for an understanding of frictions. A characterization on the existence and multiplicity of steady-states is provided. Stability issue of the steady-states is examined mainly focusing on bifurcations of zero eigenvalues. The stability result suggests that this simple model exhibits hysteresis, and it is supported by a numerical simulation.

  • 出版日期2012-12-15

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