Cargando…

Fluid Dynamics in Biology.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cheer, A. Y.
Otros Autores: Van Dam, C. P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Providence : American Mathematical Society, 2015.
Colección:Contemporary Mathematics.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Sir James Lighthill
  • Biofluiddynamics: A survey
  • Hairy little legs: Feeding, smelling, and swimming at low Reynolds numbers
  • Disturbance, natural selection, and the prediction of maximal wave-induced forces
  • Computational modeling of the swimming of biflagellated algal cells
  • Mechanical approach toward flagellar motility
  • Mechanical analysis of particle capture by rectangular-mesh nets
  • Fish as filters: An empirical and mathematical analysis
  • Computational biofluid dynamics
  • Acoustic streaming in the ear itself
  • Computation of incompressible viscous flows through artificial heart devices with moving boundariesAn implicit numerical method for fluid dynamics problems with immersed elastic boundaries
  • Continuum models of platelet aggregation: Mechanical properties and chemically-induced phase transitions
  • Surface-tension instabilities of liquid-lined elastic tubes
  • Dynamic flow in the nephron: Filtered delay in the TGF pathway
  • A new finite-difference scheme and its application to flows in stenosed arteries
  • On aerodynamics and the energetics of vertebrate flapping flight
  • On the significance of unsteady effects in the aerodynamic performance of flying animalsMechanics and energetics of ground effect in flapping flight
  • Stability of aquatic animal locomotion
  • Lift and drag calculations for wings and tails: Techniques and applications
  • Flow in large blood vessels
  • The mechanics of blood flow in capillaries
  • Unsteady flow in a curved pipe
  • Optimality in biological fluid transport systems