The Fluid Mechanics of Large Blood Vessels
The analysis of the circulation of the blood is one of the most important areas of fluid mechanics research, with far-reaching medical and physiological implications.
Product details
November 2008Paperback
9780521089562
464 pages
216 × 140 × 26 mm
0.59kg
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Table of Contents
- 1. Physiological introduction
- 2. Propagation of the pressure pulse
- 3. Flow patterns and wall shear stress in arteries I Straight tubes
- 4. Flow patterns and wall shear stress in arteries II. Curved tubes
- 5. Flow patterns and wall shear stress in arteries III. Branched tubes and flow instability
- 6. Flow in collapsible tubes.