Abstract
We study nematodynamics of a mesoscopic system consisting of sheared biaxial liquid crystalline polymers using a hydrodynamical kinetic theory. We solve the governing Smoluchowski equation using the Galerkin method in selected regions of the material parameter space and a range of accessible shear rates to investigate stable mesoscopic states and robust structures. The imposed shear flow breaks the rotational symmetry in the quiescent state to induce truly biaxial flow-aligning steady states, logrolling states, out-of-plane steady states, exotic time-periodic motions, and chaotic motions in different regimes of material parameters and shear rates.
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