On the parametric finite element approximation of evolving hypersurfaces in R3

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 227, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 4281-4307

  Barrett, John W ^a   Garcke, Harald ^b   Nürnberg, Robert ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

(Inverse) mean curvature flow; Nonlinear surface evolution; Parametric finite elements; Surface attachment limited kinetics; Surface diffusion; Tangential movement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

(INVERSE) MEAN CURVATURE FLOW; INVERSE MEAN; MEAN CURVATURE FLOW; NONLINEAR SURFACE; NONLINEAR SURFACE EVOLUTION; PARAMETRIC FINITE ELEMENTS; SURFACE ATTACHMENT; SURFACE ATTACHMENT LIMITED KINETIC; SURFACE EVOLUTION; TANGENTIAL MOVEMENT;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 40849139004     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2007.11.023     Document Type: Article

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