Variational analysis of a mesoscale model for bilayer membranes

DOI10.1007/s11784-014-0180-5zbMath1306.49020arXiv1402.6600OpenAlexW2058165299WikidataQ59873981 ScholiaQ59873981MaRDI QIDQ490047

Luca Lussardi, Matthias Röger, Mark Adriaan Peletier

Publication date: 21 January 2015

Published in: Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.6600

zbMATH Keywords

\(\Gamma\)-convergenceMonge-Kantorovich distancelipid bilayerscurvature functionals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Energy minimization in equilibrium problems in solid mechanics (74G65) Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting (49Q20) Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Biomechanics (92C10) Biophysics (92C05) Membranes (74K15) Biomechanical solid mechanics (74L15)

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