Biofluid Mechanics

Krishnan B. Chandran is the Lowell G. Battershell Chair and professor in biomedical engineering, professor in mechanical and industrial engineering, and faculty research engineer in IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering at the University of Iowa. His current research interests include vascular prosthesis and artificial heart valve dynamics, fluid dynamics and mass transport in arteries, and fluid dynamics and atherosclerosis.Stanley E. Rittgers is a professor emeritus in biomedical engineering at the University of Akron. His research interests include cardiovascular hemodynamics, noninvasive diagnostics, ultrasound Doppler techniques, in vitro flow modeling, arterial bypass grafting, blood shear and vascular hyperplasia, and cardiovascular drug delivery.Ajit P. Yoganathan is Regents’ Professor and associate chair for research, Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Faculty Chair in biomedical engineering, and director of the Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics Laboratory at Georgia Institute of Technology. His research areas include cardiovascular fluid dynamics, optimization of cardiovascular surgeries, surgical planning, tissue engineering of heart valves, and the use of MRI and 3D Echo to study blood flow patterns in cardiovascular structures.

"... the book provides a good platform in fluid mechanics prior to progressing to the physiological applications which make it an appropriate textbook for BME students."—Professor Tim McGloughlin, Centre for Applied Biomedical Engineering Research and Department of Mechanical Aeronautical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Limerick

• FLUID AND SOLID MECHANICS AND CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY: Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics. Introduction to Solid Mechanics. Cardiovascular Physiology. BIOMECHANICS OF THE HUMAN CIRCULATION: Rheology of Blood and Vascular Mechanics. Static and Steady Flow Models. Unsteady Flow and Nonuniform Geometric Models. Native Heart Valves. CARDIOVASCULAR IMPLANTS, BIOMECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS, AND COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATIONS: Prosthetic Heart Valve Dynamics. Vascular Therapeutic Techniques. Fluid Dynamic Measurement Techniques. Computational Fluid Dynamic Analysis of the Human Circulation. Index.