A higher-order boundary layer analysis for lipid vesicles with two fluid domains

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 597, Issue , 2008, Pages 429-448

  Das, Sovan L ^a,b   Jenkins, James T ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CURVE FITTING; NUMERICAL METHODS;

GAUSSIAN CURVATURE STIFFNESS; HIGHER-ORDER BOUNDARY LAYER; LIPID VESICLES;

FLUID MECHANICS;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CURVE FITTING; FLUID MECHANICS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CURVATURE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUID MECHANICS; GAUSSIAN METHOD; LIPID; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 38349103027     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007009846     Document Type: Article

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