A study of thermo-magnetic effects on static state of cholesteric liquid crystal between two hot co-axial circular cylinders
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2009-06
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G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand)
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Liquid crystal the fourth state of matter is observed between the crystalline solid and amorphous liquid states. It exihibits the properties of liquids as well as that of crystalline solid state. In the present study we have considered an infinite static layer of cholesteric liquid crystal lying between two infinite hot co-axial circular cylinders in the presence of azimuthal magnetic field when both the cylinders are held at different temperatures and are lying at rest. We have examined the thermo-magnetic effects in this problem. After obtaining the system of governing differential equations we have solved it numerically by Newton Raphson method. The results are then graphically plotted. It has been observed that orientation of molecules varies with the variation of magnetic field and temperature gradient parameters.
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