Finite element methods for director fields on flexible surfaces (Q446433)
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Finite element methods for director fields on flexible surfaces (English)
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6 September 2012
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Summary: We introduce a nonlinear model for the evolution of biomembranes driven by the \(L^2\)-gradient flow of a novel elasticity functional describing the interaction of a director field on a membrane with its curvature. In the linearized setting of a graph we present a practical finite element method (FEM), and prove a priori estimates. We derive the relaxation dynamics for the nonlinear model on closed surfaces and introduce a parametric FEM. We present numerical experiments for both linear and nonlinear models, which agree well with the expected behavior in simple situations and allow predictions beyond theory.
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finite elements
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surfaces
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biomembranes
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surfactants
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director fields
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