The mechanics of the circulation / C.G. Caro ... [et al.]

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Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012Edition: 2nd ed (Online-Ausg.)Description: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xxvi, 523 p.)) : illISBN:

9781280886782
1280886781
9781139188630

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Additional physical formats: 9780521151771 | 1280882379 | Erscheint auch als: The mechanics of the circulation. Druck-Ausgabe. 2nd ed. Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2012. XXVI, 523 S.MSC: MSC: *93-02 | 93A30 | 92C10 | 91A30 | 93C95RVK: RVK: WW 7900 | WW 8200LOC classification:

QP105

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Summary: This classic book outlines the anatomy and physiology of the circulation and explains the mechanical principles that govern it.Summary: Cover -- THE MECHANICS OF THE CIRCULATION -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction to the Second Edition -- Part I Background mechanics -- 1 Particles and continuous materials -- 2 Particle mechanics -- Position -- Velocity -- Acceleration -- Newton's laws of motion: mass and force -- Momentum -- Work and energy -- 3 Units -- The difference between units and dimensions -- Mass, length and time as fundamental units -- The inconvenience of force as a fundamental unit -- Energy and heat -- The concept of substance -- Dimensional homogeneity and consistency of units -- The use of volume and flow rate in physiology -- Système International (SI) -- 4 Basic ideas in fluid mechanics -- Stress -- Hydrostatic pressure -- Stress in a moving fluid: viscosity -- The equation of motion of a fluid -- Convective and local acceleration -- Conservation of mass -- Bernoulli's theorem -- 5 Flow in pipes and around objects -- Poiseuille flow in a tube -- Flow in the entrance region -- The idea of the boundary layer -- Reynolds number -- Turbulence in pipe flow -- Unsteady flow in a very long pipe -- Effects of constrictions on pipe flow characteristics -- Flow in curved pipes -- Flow past bodies -- 6 Dimensional analysis -- Similarity and the idea of scale models -- Some examples of scaling in biological systems -- A method of obtaining homogeneous relationships between variables -- 7 Solid mechanics and the properties of blood vessel walls -- Definitions of elastic properties -- The properties of blood vessel walls -- Statics of an elastic tube -- 8 Oscillations and waves -- Simple harmonic motion -- Simple waves -- Damping -- Wave reflections and resonance -- Linearity -- Fourier analysis -- 9 An introduction to mass transfer -- Diffusion -- The colloidal state -- Mass transfer coefficients.PPN: PPN: 809756196Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-26-MYL | ZDB-30-PAD | ZDB-30-PQE

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