Biology and Mechanics of Blood Flows: Part I: Biology

Biology and Mechanics of Blood Flows: Part I: Biology




Marc Thiriet "Biology and Mechanics of Blood Flows: Part I: Biology"
Springer | 2007-12-06 | ISBN:0387748466 | 652 pages | PDF | 4,7 Mb

Biology and Mechanics of Blood Flows presents the basic knowledge and
state-of-the-art techniques necessary to carry out investigations of
the cardiovascular system using modeling and simulation.
Part I of this two-volume sequence, Biology, addresses the nanoscopic
and microscopic scales. The nanoscale corresponds to the scale of
biochemical reaction cascades involved in cell adaptation to mechanical
stresses among other stimuli. The microscale is the scale of
stress-induced tissue remodeling associated with acute or chronic
loadings. The cardiovascular system, like any physiological system, has
a complicated three-dimensional structure and composition. Its time
dependent behavior is regulated, and this complex system has many
components. In this authoritative work, the author provides a survey of
relevant cell components and processes, with detailed coverage of the
electrical and mechanical behaviors of vascular cells, tissues, and
organs. Because the behaviors of vascular cells and tissues are tightly
coupled to the mechanics of flowing blood, the major features of blood
flows and the Navier-Stokes equations of mass and momentum conservation
are introduced at the conclusion of this volume. This book will appeal
to any biologist, chemist, physicist, or applied mathematician with an
interest in the functioning of the cardiovascular system.