Static equilibrium configurations of a model red blood cell

✍ Scribed by J. T. Jenkins

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1977
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 953 KB
• Volume: 4
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0303-6812
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00275981

✦ Synopsis

The membrane of the red blood cell is modeled as a fluid shell which resists bending and changes in area. The differential equations governing the mechanical equilibrium of such a membrane are derived and axisymmetric solutions are obtained numerically.