Elastic bending energy: a variational approach

DOI10.7546/jgsp-45-2017-1-45zbMath1386.74023arXiv1709.04399OpenAlexW2962790270MaRDI QIDQ1707433

Riccardo Capovilla

Publication date: 29 March 2018

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Symmetry in Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.04399

zbMATH Keywords

bendingvariational methodLagrangian field theoryHelfrich model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Nonlinear elasticity (74B20) Variational methods applied to PDEs (35A15) Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Biomechanics (92C10) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) PDEs in connection with mechanics of deformable solids (35Q74) Pattern formations in context of PDEs (35B36)

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