Abstract
Using a previously developed theory of nematic liquid crystals (Singh, Y., and Singh, K., 1986, Phys. Rev. A, 33, 3481) we present the calculation of elastic constants of discoticnematic liquid crystals and study the variation of elastic constants with packing fraction. The expressions for elastic moduli associated with 'splay', 'twist' and 'bend' modes of deformations are written in terms of order parameters characterizing the nature and amount of ordering in the phase and structural parameters. Numerical calculations are done for a model system, the molecules of which are hard oblate ellipsoids of revolution. It is observed that elastic constants are very sensitive to packing density and become larger with increase of shape anisotropy.
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