Finite element methods for director fields on flexible surfaces

Interfaces and Free Boundaries

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-272

  Bartels, Sören ^a   Dolzmann, Georg ^b   Nochetto, Ricardo H ^c   Raisch, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomembranes; Director fields; Finite elements; Surfaces; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865269417     PISSN: 14639963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4171/IFB/281     Document Type: Article

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