EGM 6589  ADVANCED BIOFLUID MECHANICS

 

SPRING 2005

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INSTRUCTOR:           Richard T. Schoephoerster

OFFICE:                      EC 2602          PHONE:  348-3722           EMAIL: schoepho@fiu.edu

OFFICE HOURS:       M-F 9am – 5pm or by appointment

 

COURSE OBJECTIVE

       This course is designed as the pinnacle course in the biofluids area at FIU and as such will provide the student with the most advanced theories related to biological fluid flow phenomena, including an inspection of the most up to date research in this area.

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, each student should be able to:

1.      Develop and use mathematical models of the human circulatory system in its natural and various pathological conditions.

2.      Display an understanding of the basic fluid mechanical mechanisms involved in cardiovascular disease development.

3.      Develop a sound research proposal on a topic related to biofluid mechanics.

4.      Communicate effectively all of the above in oral and written form.

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

       This course will take a somewhat historical timeline by beginning with the most basic models of arterial blood flow, and then adding complexities to produce more realistic models for analysis.  Topics to be covered include the following:

 

      I.           Governing Equations for Fluid Flow; Poiseuille Flow

      II.          Turbulence

      III.         Unsteady Flow; Womersly solution

      IV.        Elastic Tubes

                   A.  Impedance, Windkessel

                   B.  Wave Propagation, Reflection

      V.          Flow Dynamics and the Arterial Wall

      VI.        Formed Elements in the Blood

                   A.  Effects of Cells on Flow

                   B.  Effects of Flow on Cells, Molecules

        

POINTS DISTRIBUTION:           Paper Reviews and Presentations       50%

                                                      Research Proposal                             50%

 

 

 

References

 

TURBULENCE, UNSTEADY FLOW, IMPEDANCE, WAVE PROPAGATION, REFLECTION

 

Nichols and O'Rourke              McDonald's Blood flow in Arteries

            Lea & Febiger

Milnor                                      Hemodynamics

            Williams and Wilkens

 

EFFECTS OF CELLS ON FLOW (AND VICE VERSA)

 

Goldsmith and Turitto (1986) "Rheological aspects of thrombosis and haemostasis:  Basic principles and applications," Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 55:415-435.

Ramstack, Zuckerman, and Mockros (1979) "Shear-induced activation of platelets," Journal of Biomechanics, 12:113-125.

Turitto and Baumgartner (1975) "Platelet deposition on subendothelium exposed to flowing blood:  Mathematical analysis of physical parameters," ASAIO Transactions, 21:593-601.

Eckstein and Belgacem (1991) "Model of platelet transport in flowing blood with drift and diffusion terms," Biophysical Journal, 60:53-69.

Basmadjian (1990) "The effect of flow and mass transport in thrombogenesis," Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 18:685-709.

Basmadjian (1989) "Embolization: Critical thrombus height, shear rates, and pulsatility. Patency of blood vessels," Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, 23:1315-1326.

Schoephoerster, Oynes, Nunez, Kapadvanjwala, and Dewanjee (1993) "Effects of local geometry and fluid dynamics on regional platelet deposition on artificial surfaces."  Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis, 13:1806-1813.

 

FLOW DYNAMICS AND THE ARTERIAL WALL

 

Fry (1968) "Acute vascular endothelial changes associated with increased blood velocity gradients," Circulation Research, 22:165-197.

Caro Fitz-Gerald, and Schroter (1971) "Atheroma and arterial wall shear.  Observation, correlation, and proposal of a shear-dependent mass transfer mechanism for atherogenesis," Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B177:109-159.

Friedman, Deters, Bargeron, Hutchins, and Mark (1986) "Shear-dependent thickening of the human arterial intima," Atherosclerosis, 60:161-171.

Friedman (1989) 'A biologically plausible model of thickening of arterial intima under shear," Arteriosclerosis, 9:511-522.

Weinbaum, Tzeghai, Ganatos, Pfeffer, and Chien (1985) Effect of cell turnover and leaky junctions on arterial macromolecular transport," American Journal of Physiology, 248:H945-H960.

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering (1993) Special Issue:  20th Anniversary Biomechanics Symposium, Volume 115, Number 4(B).