An introductory course on biological flows across a broad range of scales from pericellular fluid flow to the beating heart. Topics range from the dynamics of classical biomedical flows, such as the circulatory and respiratory systems (e.g. wall compliance, pulsatility, and transition to turbulence) through to cellular-level motility and biopropulsion in general over a range of Reynolds numbers. Students will learn to quantify these biofluidic mechanics problems using key equations from fluid mechanics (mass conservation, Bernoulli, and generalized Bernoulli) and heat and mass transfer (convection-diffusion equation). (Lec: 3, Lab: 0, Tut: 0.5)
An introductory course on biological flows across a broad range of scales from pericellular fluid flow to the beating heart. Topics range from the dynamics of classical biomedical flows, such as the circulatory and respiratory systems (e.g. wall compliance, pulsatility, and transition to turbulence) through to cellular-level motility and biopropulsion in general over a range of Reynolds numbers. Students will learn to quantify these biofluidic mechanics problems using key equations from fluid mechanics (mass conservation, Bernoulli, and generalized Bernoulli) and heat and mass transfer (convection-diffusion equation). (Lec: 3, Lab: 0, Tut: 0.5)
