Introduction to the fluid dynamics of the human body and the modeling of physiological flow processes (biomedical fluid dynamics).
Objective
A basic understanding of fluid dynamical processes in the human body. Knowledge of the basic concepts of fluid dynamics and the ability to apply these concepts appropriately.
Content
This lecture is an introduction to the fluid dynamics of the human body (biomedical fluid dynamics). For selected topics of human physiology, we introduce fundamental concepts of fluid dynamics (e.g., creeping flow, incompressible flow, flow in porous media, flow with particles, fluid-structure interaction) and use them to model physiological flow processes. The list of studied topics includes the cardiovascular system and related diseases, blood rheology, microcirculation, respiratory fluid dynamics and fluid dynamics of the inner ear.
Lecture notes
Lecture notes are provided electronically.
Literature
A list of books on selected topics of biofluiddynamics can be found on the course web page.
Performance assessment
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Performance assessment as a semester course