Convergence to equilibrium of global weak solutions for a Q-tensor problem related to liquid crystals

We study a Q-tensor problem modeling the dynamic of nematic liquid crystals in 3D domains. The system consists of the Navier-Stokes equations, with an extra stress tensor depending on the elastic forces of the liquid crystal, coupled with an Allen-Cahn system for the Q-tensor variable. This problem...

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Autores: Climent Ezquerra, María Blanca, Guillén González, Francisco Manuel
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/139301
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/139301
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1805.02439
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Liquid crystals
Allen-Cahn-Navier-Stokes system
Large-time behavior for dissipative systems
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Resumo:We study a Q-tensor problem modeling the dynamic of nematic liquid crystals in 3D domains. The system consists of the Navier-Stokes equations, with an extra stress tensor depending on the elastic forces of the liquid crystal, coupled with an Allen-Cahn system for the Q-tensor variable. This problem has a dissipative in time free-energy which leads, in particular, to prove the existence of global in time weak solutions. We analyze the large-time behavior of the weak solutions. By using a Lojasiewicz-Simon's result, we prove the convergence as time goes to infinity of the whole trajectory to a single equilibrium.