Global solution to the three-dimensional liquid crystal flows of Q-tensor model (1601.07695v2)

Abstract: A complex non-Newtonian fluid models the nematic liquid crystal flows confined in a bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^3$ is considered. The system is a forced incompressible Navier-Stokes equation coupled with a parabolic type Q-tensor flows. Under suitable condition on the coefficients of the Landau-de Gennes energy functional, global strong solution for small initial data is proved.