Problems for Biomedical Fluid Mechanics and Transport Phenomena

This unique resource offers over two hundred well-tested bioengineering problems for teaching and examinations. Solutions are available to instructors online.

Mark Johnson (Author), C. Ross Ethier (Author)

9781107037694, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 9 December 2013

181 pages, 136 b/w illus. 3 tables 190 exercises
25.5 x 19.5 x 1.2 cm, 0.59 kg

How does one deal with a moving control volume? What is the best way to make a complex biological transport problem tractable? Which principles need to be applied to solve a given problem? How do you know if your answer makes sense? This unique resource provides over two hundred well-tested biomedical engineering problems that can be used as classroom and homework assignments, quiz material and exam questions. Questions are drawn from a range of topics, covering fluid mechanics, mass transfer and heat transfer applications. Driven by the philosophy that mastery of biotransport is learned by practice, these problems aid students in developing the key skills of determining which principles to apply and how to apply them. Each chapter starts with basic problems and progresses to more difficult questions. Lists of material properties, governing equations and charts provided in the appendices make this a fully self-contained work. Solutions are provided online for instructors.

Preface
1. Problem solving
2. Conservation of mass and the Reynolds Transport Theorem
3. Steady and unsteady Bernoulli and momentum conservation
4. Viscous flow
5. Momentum boundary layers
6. Piping systems, friction factors and drag coefficients
7. Problems involving surface tension
8. Non-Newtonian blood flow
9. Dimensional analysis
10. Statistical mechanics
11. Steady diffusion and conduction
12. Unsteady diffusion and conduction
13. Convection of mass and heat
14. Concentration and thermal boundary layers
15. Mass and heat transfer coefficients
16. Osmotic pressure
Appendix A. Material properties
Appendix B. Transport equations
Appendix C. Charts
References
Acknowledgements.

Subject Areas: Mechanics of fluids [TGMF], Mechanical engineering [TGB], Chemical engineering [TDCB], Fluid mechanics [PHDF], Biomedical engineering [MQW]