Mathematical Biofluiddynamics
Mathematical Biofluiddynamics
James Lighthill
February 1987
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Addresses external biofluiddynamics concerning animal locomotion through surrounding fluid media - and internal biofluiddynamics concerning heat and mass transport by fluid flow systems within an animal.
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February 1987Paperback
9780898710144
287 pages
255 × 178 × 100 mm
0.3kg
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Table of Contents
- Introduction to biofluiddynamics
- Hydromechanics of aquatic animal propulsion: A survey
- Mathematics of aquatic animal locomotion at low Reynolds number
- Aquatic animal propulsion of high hydromechanical efficiency
- Large-amplitude elongated-body theory of fish locomotion
- Aquatic animal locomotion
- A survey of recent theoretical developments
- Some current investigations of aquatic animal motions
- Animal flight
- On the Weis-Fogh mechanism of lift generation
- Physiological fluid dynamics: A general survey
- Respiratory flow patterns
- Pulse propagation theory
- Blood flow and arterial disease
- The microcirculation
