Applied BioFluid Mechanics - Lee Waite and Jerry Fine
Preface
Biomedical engineering is a discipline that is multidisciplinary by
definition. The days when medicine was left to the physicians, and
engineering was left to the engineers, seem to have passed us by. I
have searched for an undergraduate/graduate level biomedical fluid
mechanics textbook since I began teaching at Rose-Hulman in 1987. I
looked for, but never found, a book that combined the physiology of the
cardiovascular and pulmonary systems with engineering of fluid
mechanics and hematology to my satisfaction, so I agreed to write a monograph.
Ken McCombs at McGraw-Hill was satisfied well enough with that
work that he asked me to write the textbook version that you see here.
Applied Biofluid Mechanics includes problem sets and a solutions
manual that traditionally accompany engineering textbooks.
Applied Biofluid Mechanics begins in Chapter 1 with a review of some
of the basics of fluid mechanics, which all mechanical or chemical engineers
would learn. It continues with two chapters on cardiovascular and
pulmonary physiology followed by a chapter describing hematology and
blood rheology. These five chapters provide the foundation for the remainder
of the book, which focuses on more advanced engineering concepts.
Dr. Fine has added some particularly nice improvements in Chapters 7 and
10 concerning solutions for, and modeling of, pulsatile flow.
My 10-week, graduate-level, biofluid mechanics course forms the basis
for the book. The course consists of 40 lectures and covers most, but not
all, of the material contained in the book. The course is intended to prepare
students for work in the health care device industry and others for
graduate work in biomedical engineering.
In spite of great effort on the part of many proofreaders, I expect that
mistakes will appear in this book. I welcome suggestions for improvement
from all readers, with intent to improve subsequent printings and editions.
L EE WAITE, PH.D., P.E.
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Preface
Biomedical engineering is a discipline that is multidisciplinary by
definition. The days when medicine was left to the physicians, and
engineering was left to the engineers, seem to have passed us by. I
have searched for an undergraduate/graduate level biomedical fluid
mechanics textbook since I began teaching at Rose-Hulman in 1987. I
looked for, but never found, a book that combined the physiology of the
cardiovascular and pulmonary systems with engineering of fluid
mechanics and hematology to my satisfaction, so I agreed to write a monograph.
Ken McCombs at McGraw-Hill was satisfied well enough with that
work that he asked me to write the textbook version that you see here.
Applied Biofluid Mechanics includes problem sets and a solutions
manual that traditionally accompany engineering textbooks.
Applied Biofluid Mechanics begins in Chapter 1 with a review of some
of the basics of fluid mechanics, which all mechanical or chemical engineers
would learn. It continues with two chapters on cardiovascular and
pulmonary physiology followed by a chapter describing hematology and
blood rheology. These five chapters provide the foundation for the remainder
of the book, which focuses on more advanced engineering concepts.
Dr. Fine has added some particularly nice improvements in Chapters 7 and
10 concerning solutions for, and modeling of, pulsatile flow.
My 10-week, graduate-level, biofluid mechanics course forms the basis
for the book. The course consists of 40 lectures and covers most, but not
all, of the material contained in the book. The course is intended to prepare
students for work in the health care device industry and others for
graduate work in biomedical engineering.
In spite of great effort on the part of many proofreaders, I expect that
mistakes will appear in this book. I welcome suggestions for improvement
from all readers, with intent to improve subsequent printings and editions.
L EE WAITE, PH.D., P.E.
Download
http://s18.alxa.net/s18/srvs2/02/003...Jerry.Fine.rar