Variational analysis of a mesoscale model for bilayer membranes

DOI10.1007/s11784-014-0180-5zbMath1306.49020arXiv1402.6600WikidataQ59873981 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

\(\Gamma\)-convergence; Monge-Kantorovich distance; lipid bilayers; curvature functionals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74G65: Energy minimization in equilibrium problems in solid mechanics

49Q20: Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting

49J45: Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation

92C10: Biomechanics

92C05: Biophysics

74K15: Membranes

74L15: Biomechanical solid mechanics

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