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On the minimum of extended dissipation in viscous nematodynamics

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This paper develops the variational principle of minimum “extended” dissipation for slow (low Reynolds number) flows of nematic liquids as described by the five parametric Leslie–Ericksen–Parodi (LEP) constitutive equations. It is shown that the Euler’s equations for minimizer of the extended dissipative functional are the Stokes equations for the LEP fluid. When the molecular (including magnetic) field is absent, the extended dissipative functional coincides with the true dissipative functional, whose Euler equations are the Stokes equations for the Ericksen fluid.

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The author thanks Professor Valery Volkov for valuable discussion.

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  1. Department of Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 44325-0301, USA

    Arkady I. Leonov

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Leonov, A.I. On the minimum of extended dissipation in viscous nematodynamics. Rheol Acta 44, 573–576 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-005-0438-3

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