Gonzalo A. Benavides

Convergence of a fully discrete finite element method for the Beris-Edwards system of liquid crystal dynamics

We propose and analyze a fully discrete finite element scheme for the Beris-Edwards system of nematic liquid crystal dynamics, in which the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations are coupled to a gradient flow for the Landau-de Gennes Q-tensor. The scheme combines a linearly implicit formally second-order accurate back...