Initial-boundary value problems for Poiseuille flow of nematic liquid crystal via full Ericksen-Leslie model

Abstract

In this paper, we study the initial-boundary value problem for the Poiseuille flow of hyperbolic-parabolic Ericksen-Leslie model of nematic liquid crystals in one space dimension. Due to the quasilinearity, the solution of this model in general forms cusp singularity. We prove the global existence of H\"older continuous solution, which may include cusp singularity, for initial-boundary value problems with different types of boundary conditions.Comment: 36 pages, 3 figure