ID 1635
Prediction of Low-Order Orientation
Statistics for
Alignment of Liquid Crystalline Polymers in Homogeneous
Shear
Chinh T. Nguyen1, Steven M. Parks1,
André Bénard2 and Charles A. Petty1
Departments of Chemical1 and
Mechanical2 Engineering
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
48824-1226
Keywords: liquid crystalline polymers, orientation
statistics, closure approximation,
equilibrium states,
self-alignment, flow induced alignment, simple shear