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Highlights: Fluid dynamics in the context of normal and diseased physiology in the human cardiovascular system
Abstract: This unit presents fluid dynamics of incompressible fluids in the context of the analyzing the human cardiovascular system, using a series of conceptual questions and problems suitable for large classroom instruction, with follow-up homework problems. Students learn to differentiate between viscous and nonviscous flow and to identify the settings in which each is an appropriate model. The unit applies nonviscous flow to the disease of aortic valve stenosis and viscous to atherosclerosis. Data from human cardiology studies are integral to the problems solved.
Resource Types: In-class activity, Clicker question, Lecture materials
Author(s):

Catherine Crouch

Swarthmore College

Ben Geller

Swarthmore College

John W. Hirshfeld Jr., MD

Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

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Fluid Mechanics > Dynamics of Fluids > Flow Rate, Fluid Mechanics > Dynamics of Fluids > Bernoulli's Principle, Fluid Mechanics > Dynamics of Fluids > Hagen-Poiseuille Equation, Fluid Mechanics > Dynamics of Fluids > Viscosity, Fluid Mechanics > Dynamics of Fluids > Turbulent and Streamline Flow

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Cardiovascular Disorders, Healthy Cardiovascular Function

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Copyright:   2019 Catherine Crouch, Ben Geller, John W. Hirshfeld Jr., MD

License:   CC: BY-NC-SA - Attribution, No Commercial uses and Share Alike. Derivative works must have the same license

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