3. Initial Conditions

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