  Fourth order curvature driven interface evolution equations frequently appear
in the natural sciences. Often axisymmetric geometries are of interest, and in
this situation numerical computations are much more efficient. We will
introduce and analyze several new finite element schemes for fourth order
geometric evolution equations in an axisymmetric setting, and for selected
schemes we will show existence, uniqueness and stability results. The presented
schemes have very good mesh and stability properties, as will be demonstrated
by several numerical examples.
