| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R41170/01 |
| Title: |
Modelling Phase separation and flow in Mixtures of Nematic and Isotropic Fluids |
| Principal Investigator: |
Care, Professor CM |
| Other Investigators: |
|
| Researcher Co-Investigators: |
|
| Project Partners: |
|
| Department: |
Materials Research Institute |
| Organisation: |
Sheffield Hallam University |
| Scheme: |
ROPA |
| Starts: |
14 January 2002 |
Ends: |
13 July 2003 |
Value (£): |
57,300
|
| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
|
| EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications: |
| Electronics |
No relevance to Underpinning Sectors |
|
| Related Grants: |
|
| Panel History: |
|
|
Summary on Grant Application Form |
|
A lattice Boltzmann model of phase separation and flow in a mixture of nematic and isotropic fluids will be developed. The scheme will generate a surface of tension between the two fluids and introduce orientational ordering of the nematic phase at the fluid-fluid boundary. The algorithm will be validated to establish that it recovers correct hydrodynamic behaviour and be used to study a variety of physical properties including a) phase morphology in the presence of aligning bulk and surface fields b) nematic droplets in various flow geometries c) the effect of bulk and surface ordering fields on flow.
|
|
Key Findings |
|
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
|
|
Potential use in non-academic contexts |
|
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
|
|
Impacts |
|
| Description |
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk |
| Summary |
|
| Date Materialised |
|
|
|
|
Sectors submitted by the Researcher |
|
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
|
| Project URL: |
|
| Further Information: |
|
| Organisation Website: |
http://www.shu.ac.uk |