Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.262, 417-423, 1995
The Connection Between Ericksen-Leslie Equations and the Balances of Mesoscopic Theory of Liquid-Crystals
Ericksen-Leslie equations can be derived, if the mesoscopic local balance equations are exploited by use of the orientation distribution function for total alignment.