Course
UndergraduateSemester
ElectivesSubject Code
AE451Subject Title
Physiological Fluid MechanicsSyllabus
Introduction to Physiological Fluid Mechanics; Review of Concepts in Fluid Mechanics, Kinematics, Hydrostatics, Conservation relations, Viscous Flow, Unsteady Flow; Clinical Fluid Dynamic Measurements; Analysis of Total Peripheral Flow; Circulatory Biofluid Mechanics, Blood Rheology, Blood Composition and Structure, Flow Properties of Blood, Blood Vessel Structure; Models of Biofluid Flow, Models of Blood Flow, Applications of Poiseuilli’s Law for the study of Blood Flow; Introduction to Non-Newtonian Fluids, Power Law Model, Herschel-Bulkley Model, Casson Model, Non-Newtonian Flow in Elastic Tubes; Introduction to Heart Mechanics, Cardiac Geometry, Materials, and Electric System, Mechanical Cycle Events & Vent. Function Curve, Operation of Heart Valves, Blood Flow in Arteries, Shear Stress on Vessel Wall, Blood Vessel Bifurcation, Bifurcation Patterns, Uniform Shear Hypothesis.
Text Books
1. Mazumdar, J., Biofluid Mechanics, 2nd ed., World Scientific (2016).
2. Fung, Y. C., Biomechanics: Circulation, 2nd ed., Springer (1997).
References
1. Ross Ethier, C. and Simmons, C. A., Introductory Biomechanics, Cambridge University Press (2007).
2. Kleinstreuer, C., Biofluid Dynamics: Principles and Selected Applications, CRC Press (2006).
3. Zamir, M., The Physics of Pulsatile Flow, Springer (2000).
4. Waite, L. and Fine, J., Applied Biofluid Mechanics, McGraw Hill (2007).
5. Waite, L., Biofluid Mechanics in Cardiovascular Systems, rd ed., McGraw Hill (2006).