Minimal surfaces bounded by elastic lines

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 468, Issue 2143, 2012, Pages 1851-1864

  Giomi, L ^a   Mahadevan, L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastica; Minimal surfaces; Soap films

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS;

CURVATURE ENERGY; ELASTIC LINES; ELASTICA; GEOMETRICAL PROBLEMS; MINIMAL SURFACES; PHYSICAL EXPERIMENTS; PHYSICAL REALIZATION; POLYMER PHYSICS; RIGID BOUNDARIES; SOAP FILMS; SPECIAL CLASS; WIRE FRAMES;

WIRE;

EID: 84862181884     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2011.0627     Document Type: Conference Paper

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