title: Prediction of chaotic dynamics in sheared liquid crystalline polymers.
abstract: A rheological model for rodlike polymers in the nematic liquid-crystalline phase is analyzed to characterize irregular dynamical response under pure shear flows. The model is studied with a continuation approach, and a period doubling scenario is detected. Time series generated via simulation are studied with nonlinear analysis tools to prove the existence of chaotic regimes.
authors: CESAME Unité de Mécanique Appliquée, Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue G. Lemaitre 4-6, B-1348, Louvain La-Neuve, Belgium.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Grosso
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Keunings
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Crescitelli
authors: P L
authors: PL
authors: Maffettone