Parametric FEM for geometric biomembranes

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 229, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3171-3188

  Bonito, Andrea ^a   Nochetto, Ricardo H ^b   Sebastian Pauletti, M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending energy; Biomembrane; Geometric flow; Gradient flow; Helfrich; Isoparametric elements; Moving finite elements; Red blood cell; Shape differential calculus; Willmore

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS; GEOMETRY;

BENDING ENERGIES; BIOMEMBRANES; GEOMETRIC FLOWS; GRADIENT FLOW; HELFRICH; ISOPARAMETRIC ELEMENT; MOVING FINITE ELEMENTS; RED BLOOD CELL; SHAPE DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS; WILLMORE;

DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS);

EID: 77949325543     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2009.12.036     Document Type: Article

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