A level set projection model of lipid vesicles in general flows

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 230, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 8192-8215

  Salac, D ^a   Miksis, M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid membrane; Level set; Lipid vesicle; Numerical method; Projection method

Indexed keywords

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

CARTESIAN GRID; CONVERGENCE RESULTS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; FLUID MEMBRANE; LEVEL SET; LEVEL SET METHOD; LIPID VESICLES; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATION; PROJECTION METHOD; PROJECTION MODELS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 80052679380     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2011.07.019     Document Type: Article

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