Wall/Fluid Interactions in Physiological Flows

The seven papers in this slim volume apply mathematical modeling techniques to study biological fluid-wall systems, particularly the human cardiovascular system. The two longest papers use one-dimensional nonlinear systems to model blood pulse propagation in compliant arteries, and a simplified physical model to explore the effects of weak wall permeability on lung airway reopening. The other topics are the elastodynamics of saccular aneurysms, a training device for skeletal muscle in cardiac assist use, umbilical cord coiling and ductus venosus dilation, an integral formulation for fluid-structure interaction in hemodynamics, and a differential model of blood flow in a stented artery. No index is provided. The US office of WIT Press is Computational Mechanics. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)