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.

T. J. Pedley (Author)

9780521089562, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 6 November 2008

464 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.6 cm, 0.59 kg

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.

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.

Subject Areas: Applied mathematics [PBW]