Biomedical Fluid Dynamics: Flow and Form
Troy Shinbrot
Abstract
This book provides an overview of fundamental methods and advanced topics associated with complex, especially biological, fluids. The contents are taken from a graduate level course taught to biomedical engineers, many of whom are math averse. Consequently the book is organized around gentle historical foundations and illustrative tabletop experiments to make for accessible reading. The book begins with derivations of fundamental equations, defined in the simplest terms possible, and adds embellishments one at a time to build toward the analysis of complex fluid dynamics an and introduction to ... More
This book provides an overview of fundamental methods and advanced topics associated with complex, especially biological, fluids. The contents are taken from a graduate level course taught to biomedical engineers, many of whom are math averse. Consequently the book is organized around gentle historical foundations and illustrative tabletop experiments to make for accessible reading. The book begins with derivations of fundamental equations, defined in the simplest terms possible, and adds embellishments one at a time to build toward the analysis of complex fluid dynamics an and introduction to spontaneous pattern formation. Topics covered include elastic surfaces, flow through elastic tubes, pulsatile flows, effects of entrances, branches, and bends, shearing flows, effects of increased Reynolds number, inviscid flows, rheology in complex fluids, statistical mechanics, diffusion, and self-assembly.
Keywords:
Biomedical fluid dynamics,
pattern formation,
pulsatile flow,
shearing flow,
Reynolds number,
inviscid flow,
rheology,
statistical mechanics,
diffusion,
self-assembly
Bibliographic Information
Print publication date: 2019 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780198812586 |
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: June 2019 |
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780198812586.001.0001 |