The many faces of elastica
Mladenov, Ivailo M.

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    Title/Author: The many faces of elastica/ by Ivailo M. Mladenov, Mariana Hadzhilazova.
    Author: Mladenov, Ivailo M.
    other author: Hadzhilazova, Mariana.
    Published: Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2017.,
    Description: xv, 212 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
    [NT 15003449]: Preface -- List of Symbols -- Geometry and Variational Calculus -- Plane Curves -- Space Curves -- Surfaces -- Variational Calculus -- Planar Curves Whose Curvature Depends Only on the Distance from a Fixed Point -- The Moving Frame Associated With a Plane Curve -- Integration -- Bernoulli's Lemniscates -- Relationship Between the Lemniscate and the Elastica -- Spirals -- Sturmian Spirals -- Generalized Sturm Spirals -- Serret Curves -- Cassinian Ovals -- Biological Membranes -- Subject Matter and Biological Membranes -- Types of Membranes -- Functions of Biomembranes -- Chemical Composition and Physical Properties of Biomembranes -- Membrane Models and Methods for the Study of Biomembranes -- Model Membrane Structures -- Surface Tension and Equilibrium -- Mechanical Equilibrium -- Tensions and Geometry -- Delaunay Surfaces -- Mylar Balloon and Elastic Curves -- Whewell Parameterization -- Elastic Sturmian Spirals -- Alternative Parametrization of Elastic Spirals -- Zero Tension -- Geometry of the Rotating Liquid Drop -- Introduction -- Geometry and Surface Invariants -- Parametrization via Legendre's Integrals -- Parameterization via Weierstrass's Functions -- Geodesics on the Drop -- Questions for Future Work -- Equations of Equilibrium States of Membranes -- Canham Model -- Key Assumptions in the Model -- Helfrich and Deuling Model -- Ou-Yang and Helfrich Model -- Symmetries of the Shape Equation -- Exact Solutions and Applications -- Unduloids and Nerve Fibers -- Mathematical Model of the Cole Experiment -- Fusion of Membranes -- Cylindrical Membranes -- Beyond Delaunay Surfaces -- Epilogue -- A Elliptical Integrals and Functions -- A.1 Jacobian Elliptic Functions -- A.2 Weierstrassian Elliptic Functions -- References -- Index.
    Contained By: Springer eBooks
    Subject: Geometry, Differential. -
    Online resource: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61244-7
    ISBN: 9783319612447
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