3. Initial ConditionsΒΆ

The following sections provide some details and examples of initial conditions available for the fluid and various order parameters.

  • 3.1. Fluid initial conditions
    • 3.1.1. Density
    • 3.1.2. Velocity field
  • 3.2. Initial composition
    • 3.2.1. Uniform composition
    • 3.2.2. Spherical droplet
    • 3.2.3. Emulsion droplets
    • 3.2.4. Block structure
    • 3.2.5. Layer structure
    • 3.2.6. Single interface
    • 3.2.7. Random noise
    • 3.2.8. Random patches
    • 3.2.9. Composition from file
  • 3.3. Liquid crystal order
    • 3.3.1. Nematic initialisation
    • 3.3.2. Cholesteric initialisation
    • 3.3.3. Blue phase initialisations
    • 3.3.4. Miscellaneous liquid crystal initialisations
  • 3.4. Three-phase model
    • 3.4.1. Two dimensions
    • 3.4.2. Three dimensions
    • 3.4.3. Three-phase configuration from file

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Contents

  • 1. Building and Testing
  • 2. Input File
  • 3. Initial Conditions
    • 3.1. Fluid initial conditions
    • 3.2. Initial composition
    • 3.3. Liquid crystal order
    • 3.4. Three-phase model
  • 4. Outputs
  • 5. Tutorial guides

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