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Mathematical Biofluiddynamics

James Lighthill
Publisher: 
SIAM
Publication Date: 
1987
Number of Pages: 
287
Format: 
Paperback
Series: 
CBMS-NSF Regional Conference Series in Applied Mathematics 17
Price: 
79.00
ISBN: 
978-0898710144
Category: 
Monograph
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 Introduction to biofluiddynamics; Hydromechanics of aquatic animal propulsion: A survey; Mathematics of aquatic animal locomotion at low Reynolds number; Aquatic animal propulsion of high hydromechanical efficiency; Large-amplitude elongated-body theory of fish locomotion; Aquatic animal locomotion; A survey of recent theoretical developments; Some current investigations of aquatic animal motions; Animal flight; On the Weis-Fogh mechanism of lift generation; Physiological fluid dynamics: A general survey; Respiratory flow patterns; Pulse propagation theory; Blood flow and arterial disease; The microcirculation.