Biofluid Mechanics · 2

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Bioengineering and the Real World

   • Alvin H. Sacks

   Pages 1-10

3. A New View of the Dynamic Mechanisms of Maximum Expiratory Gas Flow in the Lungs

   • Willis G. Downing Jr.

   Pages 11-37

4. The Pressure/Flow Relation in Bronchial Airways on Expiration

   • Jay C. Hardin, James C. Yu, John L. Patterson, Waring Trible Jr.

   Pages 39-55

5. Modeling the Pressure-Flow Relation of Bifurcating Networks

   • David B. Reynolds

   Pages 57-75

6. Modern Management of Chronic Renal Failure by Dialysis and Transplantation

   • George R. Harvey

   Pages 77-91

7. Human Reproduction: Bioengineering Aspects of Contraception Applied to the Development of a New Female Contraceptive

   • Bruce W. Vorhauer

   Pages 93-124

8. Persistence of Non-Newtonian Squeeze Films in Joints

   • George Piotrowski

   Pages 125-145

9. A Fluid Mechanics Approach to the Problem of Sensory Feedback in Prosthetic Devices

   • Roy B. Davis III, Daniel J. Schneck

   Pages 147-159

10. Hydrodynamics of Prey Capture by Teleost Fishes

    • George V. Lauder

    Pages 161-181

11. Hydromechanical Adaptations in Alcyonium Sidereum (Octocorallia)

    • Mark R. Patterson

    Pages 183-201

12. Control of the Output of the Heart: A Historical Perspective

    • Matthew N. Levy

    Pages 203-210

13. Blood Flow Disturbances in the Cardiovascular System: Significance in Health and Disease

    • Paul D. Stein, Hani N. Sabbah, Frederick J. Walburn

    Pages 211-241

14. Pulsatile Prosthetic Valve Flows: Laser-Doppler Studies

    • P. G. Alchas, A. J. Snyder, Winfred M. Phillips

    Pages 243-265

15. The Starr-Edwards Aortic Ball Valve: Flow Characteristics, Thrombus Formation and Tissue Overgrowth

    • A. P. Yoganathan, H. H. Reamer, W. H. Corcoran, E. C. Harrison, I. A. Shulman, W. Parnassus

    Pages 267-294

16. In Vitro Fluid Dynamics of St. Jude, Ionescu-Shiley and Carpentier-Edwards Aortic Heart Valve Prostheses

    • A. P. Yoganathan, W. H. Corcoran, E. C. Harrison, A. Chaux

    Pages 295-316

17. The Role of the Trapped Sinus Vortex in Aortic Valve Closure

    • A. A. van Steenhoven, M. E. H. van Dongen

    Pages 317-325

18. The Use of a Circuit Simulation Program (SPICE 2) to Model the Microcirculation

    • D. C. Mikulecky

    Pages 327-345

19. Quantification of the Microcirculatory Response to Freezing

    • Kenneth R. Diller, C. Dudley Evans, John P. Parsons

    Pages 347-361

20. Linear Systems Analysis Applications in the Study of Arterial Hemodynamics

    • S. Laxminarayan, R. Laxminarayan, S. Chatterjee, O. Mills, J. Ronda, E. D. Weitzman

    Pages 363-386

The Department of Engineering Science and Hechanics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University spon­ sored the First Mid-Atlantic Conference on Bio-Fluid Mechanics, which was held in Blacksburg, Virginia during the period 9-11 August 1978. Some 40 life-scientists, engineers, physicians and others who share a common interest in the advancement of basic and applied knowledge in bio­ fluid mechanics gathered at the Donaldson Brown Center for Continuing Education to hear 25 papers presented in seven technical sessions. At the conclusion of the conference, those present decided unanimously that its success warranted having at least one more -- and that it was conceptually a sound idea to plan it on a biennial basis for late spring. Hence, the second Mid-Atlantic Conference on Bio­ Fluid Mechanics took place at Virginia Tech on May 4-6, 1980. This volume documents the Proceedings of the second conference. It contains full texts of 23 contributed papers, 2 guest lectures and 1 invited seminar. The papers are gr9uped according to subject matter, beginning with 3 in the area of respiration, followed by 1 in kidney dialysis, 1 in reproduction, 1 in joint lubrication, 1 in prosthetic fluidics, 2 in zoology, and ending with 14 in the general field of cardiovascular dynamics. Of the latter, 5 deal with the subject of heart valves, 2 concern themselves with the microcirculation, 6 address vascular system hemodynamics and 1 covers some aspects of blood rheology.

• dialysis
• dynamics
• fluid mechanics
• respiration
• rheology

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

  Daniel J. Schneck

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