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      High-order energy stable numerical schemes for a nonlinear variational wave equation modeling nematic liquid crystals in two dimensions

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          We consider a nonlinear variational wave equation that models the dynamics of the director field in nematic liquid crystals with high molecular rotational inertia. Being derived from an energy principle, energy stability is an intrinsic property of solutions to this model. For the two-dimensional case, we design numerical schemes based on the discontinuous Galerkin framework that either conserve or dissipate a discrete version of the energy. Extensive numerical experiments are performed verifying the scheme's energy stability, order of convergence and computational efficiency. The numerical solutions are compared to those of a simpler first-order Hamiltonian scheme. We provide numerical evidence that solutions of the 2D variational wave equation loose regularity in finite time. After that occurs, dissipative and conservative schemes appear to converge to different solutions.

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          2014-02-28
          2016-03-30
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          1402.7243
          8739f572-b1c2-40cc-963e-0cf8c87fdc84

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          23 Pages. International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, to appear, 2016
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          Numerical & Computational mathematics
          Numerical & Computational mathematics

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