Some topics in bio-fluid mechanics.
Recently, several biomedical phenomena have been studied from the internal fluid-dynamic point of view because their causes are attributed mostly to flow phenomena. The present paper reviews some current topics related to the unsteady flows, first in the large blood vessels and then in the lung, and shows how they are studied from the engineering point of view.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Japan.
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001775:Blood Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange / Q000502:physiology; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012212:Rheology