Fluid dynamics and its biological and medical applications

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Introduction to fluid dynamics and its biological and medical applications

Flow rate and its relation to velocity

1 Calculating flow speed and vessel diameter: branching in the cardiovascular

2 Section summary

3 Conceptual questions

4 Problems & Exercises

Bernoulli’s equation

The most general applications of bernoulli’s equation

Viscosity and laminar flow; poiseuille’s law

1 Laminar flow and viscosity

2 Laminar flow confined to tubes—poiseuille’s law

3 Flow and resistance as causes of pressure drops

4 Section summary

5 Conceptual questions

6 Problems & Exercises

The onset of turbulence

Motion of an object in a viscous fluid

Molecular transport phenomena: diffusion, osmosis, and related processes

2 The rate and direction of diffusion

3 Osmosis and dialysis—diffusion across membranes

4 Section summary

5 Conceptual questions

6 Problem exercises

Source: OpenStax, College physics. OpenStax CNX. Jul 27, 2015 Download for free at http://legacy.cnx.org/content/col11406/1.9

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