Abstract
A mechanical equilibrium equation of a vesicle membrane under a generalized elastic bending energy is obtained in this paper. Moreover, the derivation of this equilibrium equation is based on some shape optimization tools. This approach is new and more concise than the tensorial tools used previously for this problem.
Original language | British English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1567-1572 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena |
Volume | 239 |
Issue number | 16 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 15 Aug 2010 |
Keywords
- Helfrich energy
- Red cell membrane
- Shape optimization
- Vesicle shape