• Media type: Text; E-Article
  • Title: Weak-strong uniqueness for the general Ericksen-Leslie system in three dimensions
  • Contributor: Emmrich, Etienne [Author]; Lasarzik, Robert [Author]
  • Published: Springfield, Mo. : American Institute of Mathematical Sciences, 2018
  • Issue: published Version
  • Language: English
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.34657/8148; https://doi.org/10.3934/dcds.2018202
  • Keywords: Liquid crystal ; Weak solution ; Ericksen-Leslie equation ; Weak-strong uniqueness ; Existence
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  • Description: We study the Ericksen-Leslie system equipped with a quadratic free energy functional. The norm restriction of the director is incorporated by a standard relaxation technique using a double-well potential. We use the relative energy concept, often applied in the context of compressible Euler- or related systems of fluid dynamics, to prove weak-strong uniqueness of solutions. A main novelty, not only in the context of the Ericksen-Leslie model, is that the relative energy inequality is proved for a system with a nonconvex energy.
  • Access State: Open Access
  • Rights information: Attribution (CC BY)