Lecture "Biofluiddynamics"

Time and Place

Friday, 10.15 - 12.00 (lecture), ML F34

Friday, 12.15 - 13.00 (exercise), ML F34

Lecturers

Dominik Obrist

Patrick Jenny

Assistant

Bernhard Grieser

Tuesday, 12.45 - 13.15 (office hour), ML H52

Thursday, 12.45 - 13.15 (office hour), ML H52

Description

This class teaches fluid dynamics as it relates to selected areas of human physiology. Students get a basic understanding of the fluid dynamical processes in the human body. They will learn the basic concepts of fluid dynamics and obtain the ability to apply these concepts appropriately.

Content

The lecture is an introduction to the fluid dynamics of the human body (internal biofluiddynamics). Based on selected topics of human physiology we introduce basic concepts of fluid dynamics, e.g., creeping flow, incompressible flow, pulsating flow, flow in porous media, flow with particles, fluid-structure interaction, etc. . The list of studied topics includes subjects such as the cardiovascular system and related diseases, respiratory fluiddynamics, blood rheology, microcirculation, blood flow regulation, fluiddynamics of the inner ear, dynamics of bacterial infections.

Homework

Homework assignments are available for download Friday morning before class (see class schedule below). They are discussed the same Friday afternoon and are due the following Friday. For getting the testat (Testatbedingung) at least 7 out of 9 homework assignments need to be completed and handed in.

The homework assignments can be downloaded by clicking on the homeworks in the class schedule below. Many homework assignments include computations with MATLAB. The required MATLAB programs can be downloaded here.

Lecture Notes

Lecture notes can be downloaded before the lectures from this webpage (see the class schedule below).

Literature

The books contain material covered in this course. They are good sources for the extended study of certain topics.

• J.P. Bronzino. The Biomedical Engineering Handbook. CRC Press, 1995.
• K. B. Chandran, A. P. Yoganathan & S. E. Rittgers, Biofluid Mechanics: The Human Circulation, CRC, 2006.
• M. Y. Jaffrin & C. Caro, Biological Flows, Plenum Press, 1995.
• C. Kleinstreuer, Biofluid Dynamics, CRC, 2006.
• J. Lighthill. Mathematical Biofluiddynamics. SIAM, 1975.
• H. Oertel jr., Bioströmungsmechanik. Grundlagen, Methoden und Phänomene, Vieweg+Teubner, 2008.
• J. T. Ottesen, M. S. Olufsen & J. K. Larsen, Applied Mathematical Models in Human Physiology, SIAM, 2004.
• T. J. Pedley. The fluid mechanics of large blood vessels. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
• C. Pozrikidis, Modeling and Simulation of Capsules and Biological Cells, Chapman & Hall / CRC, 2003.
• L. Waite & J. Fine, Applied Biofluid Mechanics, McGraw-Hill, 2007.
• G. E. W. Wolstenholme & J. Knight, Circulatory and Respiratory Mass Transport, Churchill Ltd., 1969.

Class and Homework Schedule

Lecture notes and homework assignments can be downloaded by clicking on the links below.