Course Overview

This course is to give an overview of circulatory biomechanics from the standpoints of engineering, physiology, and medical sciences. Experimental results from advanced clinical researches are used as examples and served as the guide to new focused research areas with great clinical values. Introduction to Physiological Fluid Dynamics Medical Terminology Physiological Properties of Human Body and Blood Rheology Dynamics of Circulatory System Relation of Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) to Fluid Dynamics Mechanics of the Heart Principles of Ultrasound for BioFluid Research (Experiment 1) Arterial Fluid Dynamics and Hemodynamics(Experiment 2) Mechanical Properties of Arterial Vessels (Experiment 3) Venous Fluid Dynamics Fluid Dynamics of Micro-circulation (Experiment 4) Fluid Dynamics of Pulmonary circulation Artificial Organs (Experiment 5) Grades: Literature reviews (Reports *3: 50%) Lab. Results & Discussion (*5; 50%) Text Book & References: 1. Biomechanics: Circulation (text book) by Y.C. Fung (Springer) 2. Biomedical Engineering Principles by David Cooney (Marcel Decker) 3. Biomechanics: Motion, Flow, Stress and Growth by Y.C. Fung 4. Blood Flow through Organs and Tissues by Bain and Harper 5. Cardiovascular Fluid Dynamics by Huang and Normann

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Competence

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Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Yio Wha Shau

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(College of Engineering) Graduate Institute of Applied Mechanics

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