Computational Modeling in Biological Fluid Dynamics

✍ Scribed by John Blake (auth.), Lisa J. Fauci, Shay Gueron (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 249
• Series: The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications 124
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This IMA Volume in Mathematics and its Applications COMPUTATIONAL MODELING IN BIOLOGICAL FLUID DYNAMICS is based on the proceedings of a very successful workshop with the same title. The workshop was an integral part of the September 1998 to June 1999 IMA program on "MATHEMATICS IN BIOLOGY." I would like to thank the organizing committee: Lisa J. Fauci of Tulane University and Shay Gueron of Technion - Israel Institute of Technology for their excellent work as organizers of the meeting and for editing the proceedings. I also take this opportunity to thank the National Science Founda­ tion (NSF), whose financial support of the IMA made the Mathematics in Biology program possible. Willard Miller, Jr., Professor and Director Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 400 Lind Hall, 207 Church St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455-0436 612-624-6066, FAX [phone] [email protected] World Wide Web: http://www.ima.umn.edu v PREFACE A unifying theme in biological fluid dynamics is the interaction of moving, elastic boundaries with a surrounding fluid. A complex dynami­ cal system describes the motion of red blood cells through the circulatory system, the movement of spermatazoa in the reproductive tract, cilia of microorganisms, or a heart pumping blood. The revolution in computa­ tional technology has allowed tremendous progress in the study of these previously intractable fluid-structure interaction problems.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Fluid Mechanics of Ciliary Propulsion....Pages 1-51
The Role of Cyclic Nucleotide Pathways and Calmodulin in Ciliary Stimulation....Pages 53-64
A Numerical Method for Simulating Fast-Swimming Motions....Pages 65-70
A Fluid-Structure Interaction Model of Ciliary Beating....Pages 71-79
Energetic Considerations of Ciliary Beating....Pages 81-96
Fluid Dynamics of Animal Appendages that Capture Molecules: Arthropod Olfactory Antennae....Pages 97-116
Cartesian Grid Methods for Fluid Flow in Complex Geometries....Pages 117-143
Computed Simulations of Ciliary and Flagellar Motility Using the Geometric Clutch Model can Replicate a Wide Variety of Experimental Conditions....Pages 145-165
A One-Dimensional Fluid Dynamic Model of the Systemic Arteries....Pages 167-187
Hydrodynamics of Liquid Capsules Enclosed by Elastic Membranes....Pages 189-221
Unsteady Aerodynamics of Two Dimensional Insect Flight....Pages 223-236
Back Matter....Pages 237-247

✦ Subjects

Mathematical and Computational Biology;Fluid- and Aerodynamics