Biological Fluid Dynamics: Modeling, Computations, and Applications (Contemporary Mathematics) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0821898507 ISBN 13: 9780821898505

Publisher: American Mathematical Society, 2014

Synopsis

This volume contains the Proceedings of the AMS Special Session on Biological Fluid Dynamics: Modeling, Computation, and Applications, held on October 13, 2012, at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.

In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the development and application of advanced computational techniques for simulating fluid motion driven by immersed flexible structures. That interest is motivated, in large part, by the multitude of applications in physiology and biology. In some biological systems, fluid motion is driven by active biological tissues, which are typically constructed of fibers that are surrounded by fluid. Not only do the fibers hold the tissues together, they also transmit forces that ultimately result in fluid motion. In other examples, the fluid may flow through conduits such as blood vessels or airways that are flexible or active. That is, those conduits may react to and affect the fluid dynamics.

This volume responds to the widespread interest among mathematicians, biologists, and engineers in fluid-structure interactions problems. Included are expository and review articles in biological fluid dynamics. Applications that are considered include ciliary motion, upside-down jellyfish, biological feedback in the kidney, peristalsis and dynamic suction pumping, and platelet cohesion and adhesion.

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About the Author

Anita T. Layton, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

Sarah D. Olson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Mathematical Society
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0821898507
• ISBN 13: 9780821898505
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Layton Anita T., Olson Sarah D.