W. Muschik, H. Ehrentraut and C. Papenfuss
The connection between Ericksen-Leslie equations and the
balances of mesoscopic theory of liquid crystals
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 262, 1995, 417-423
Ericksen-Leslie equations can be derived, if the mesoscopic local
balance equations are exploited by use of the orientation distribution
function for total alignment.