Static equilibrium configurations of a model red blood cell
- 1 June 1977
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Journal of Mathematical Biology
- Vol. 4 (2), 149-169
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00275981
Abstract
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.Keywords
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