In this paper we consider a boundary value problem for a quasilinear pendulum equation with non-linear boundary conditions that arises in a classical liquid crystals setup, the Freedericksz transition, which is the simplest opto-electronic switch, the result of competition between reorienting effects of an applied electric field and the anchoring to the bounding surfaces. A change of variables transforms the pr...
Electronic version of an article published as Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences Vol. 17, No. 12 (2007). p. 2009–2034. Article DOI No: 10.1142/S0218202507002546. Copyright World Scientific Publishing Company http://www.worldscientific.com/ ; We consider a model of a bistable nematic liquid crystal device based on the Ericksen– Leslie theory. The resulting mathematical object is a parabolic PD...
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