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Hemo-Dynamics (Biological and Medical Physics)

Hemo-Dynamics (Biological and Medical Physics)

Current price: $212.49
Publication Date: December 1st, 2015
Publisher:
Springer
ISBN:
9783319241012
Pages:
407
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Description

Introduction.- Mathematical Description of Fluid Flow.- Steady Flow in a Tube.- Basic Elements of Pulsatile Flow.- Pulsatile Flow in an Elastic Tube.- Wave Reflections.- Flow in Branching Tubes.- Dynamics of Pulsatile Blood Flow I.- Dynamics of Pulsatile Blood Flow II.- Dynamics of Pulsatile Blood Flow III.- Dynamic Pathologies.- Appendices.- Viscosity: A Story.- Poiseuille Flow: A Story.

About the Author

The author is an Emeritus Professor in the departments of Applied mathematics and of Medical Biophysics at the University of Western Ontario. Originally trained in fluid dynamics, he has been teaching and working on the dynamics of blood flow for the past four decades.