Active Nematodynamics on Curved Surfaces – The Influence of Geometric Forces on Motion Patterns of Topological Defects
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Abstract
We derive and numerically solve a surface active nematodynamics model. We validate the numerical approach on a sphere and analyse the influence of hydrodynamics on the oscillatory motion of topological defects. For ellipsoidal surfaces the influence of geometric forces on these motion patterns is addressed by taking into account the effects of intrinsic as well as extrinsic curvature contributions. The numerical experiments demonstrate the stronger coupling with geometric properties if extrinsic curvature contributions are present and provide a possibility to tune flow and defect motion by surface properties.
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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 947-965 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Communications in Computational Physics |
Volume | 2022 |
Issue number | 31(3) |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
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Keywords
- Defect dynamics, Hydrodynamic coupling, Surface finite elements, Topological active matter