Mathematical biofluiddynamics a treatment in book form of the material in the lecture course delivered to the 'Mathematical Biofluiddynamics' Research Conference of the National Science Foundation held from July 16-20, 1973 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti

Addresses external biofluiddynamics concerning animal locomotion through surrounding fluid media - and internal biofluiddynamics concerning heat and mass transport by fluid flow systems within an animal. Mathematical Biofluiddynamics......Page 2 ISBN 0-89871-014-6......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 1 Introduction to Biofluiddynamics......Page 12 PART I EXTERNAL BIOFLUIDDYNAMICS......Page 20 2 Hydromechanics of Aquatic Animal Propulsion—A Survey......Page 22 3 Mathematics of Aquatic Animal Locomotion at Low Reynolds Number......Page 55 4 Aquatic Animal Propulsion of High Hydromechanical Efficiency......Page 75 5 Large-Amplitude Elongated-Body Theory of Fish Locomotion......Page 113 6 Aquatic Animal Locomotion: A Survey of Recent Theoretical Developments......Page 127 7 Some Current Investigations of Aquatic Animal Motions......Page 151 8 Animal Flight......Page 161 9 On the Weis-Fogh Mechanism of Lift Generation......Page 189 PART II INTERNAL BIOFLUIDDYNAMICS......Page 207 10 Physiological Fluid Dynamics: A General Survey......Page 209 11 Respiratory Flow Patterns......Page 221 12 Pulse Propagation Theory......Page 237 13 Blood Flow and Arterial Disease......Page 263 14 The Microcirculation......Page 279