ME 537 Fluid Mechanics of the Cardiovascular System

http://courses.washington.edu/mengr537
Class time: MWF 11:30-12:20 MEB 245



Instructor:

 Professor Alberto Aliseda
office: MEB 306
tel: 543-4910
email: aaliseda@u.washington.edu
office hours: MWF 9:00-9:50 or by appointment

Course description Syllabus Exams
 Textbook Grading

Course Description

The material in this course will provide the student with the fundamental background in fluid mechanics and the necessary understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the human vascular system to carry out research in the area of cardiovascular fluid mechanics. Topics that will be covered include normal physiological flow in veins and arteries, flow related pathologies such as thrombosis, atherosclerosis, stenosis, aneurysms, heart valve disfunction. Applications to mechanics-based medical devices and therapies will also be a significant part of the course.

Midterm Exam.  Due on February 22, in class.


Final Exam.  Due on March 21, at noon in my office (MEB 306).


Syllabus

Primer on Cardiovascular Anatomy and Physiology.                                    Weeks 1&2
Introduction to Fluid and Solid Mechanics of the Vascular System:              Weeks 3&4
 Non-Linear Stress-Strain constitutive equations and Rheology.
Some classical problems in Cardiosvacular Fluid Mechanics: Poiseuille,       Weeks 5&6
Womersley, pulsatile flow in a tube with slowly varying cross section,
pulsatile flow in a curved vessel, pulsatile flow in a collapsible tube.

Flow in complex geometries: Flow separation, recirculation                         Weeks 7&8
and transition to turbulence          

Specific problems in Cardiovascular Mechanics:                                          Weeks 9&10
Flow in Heart Valves, Stenotic Arteries and Partially Occluded Veins.        

Textbook

There is no single course textbook, but the material for the course has been developedmostly from the following books:

. Fung, Y. C. Biodynamics, Circulation . Springer-Verlag, New York, 1984.
2. Fung, Y. C., Biomechanics: Motion, Flow, Stress, & Growth . Springer-Verlag, New York, 1990.
3. Fung, Y. C., Biomechanics: Mechanical Properties of Living Tissue , 2 nd edition. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1993.
4. Caro, C. G., Pedley, T. J., Schroter, R. C., Seed, W. A. The Mechanics of the Circulation. Oxford Medical Publications, Oxford, 1978.
                    

Grading

Homework               30%        
Personal Project       30%
Midterm                  15%
Final                       25%

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