Advances in Biological Flows and Biomimetics
A special issue of Fluids (ISSN 2311-5521). This special issue belongs to the section "Non-Newtonian and Complex Fluids".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2020) | Viewed by 54321
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mathematical biology; computational fluid dynamics; biomechanics
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Interests: experimental fluid dynamics; biomechanics; bio-inspired design
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The biological world is replete with countless examples of fluid dynamics problems including pumping of blood by the heart, swimming in water and mucus, flying on scales from tiny insects to large birds, filtering through bristled appendages and other porous structures, and drag reduction through reconfiguration. Recent advancements in computational and experimental fluid dynamics have enabled researchers to efficiently explore biological problems that involve moving elastic boundaries across orders of magnitude in scale. Efforts to understand the dynamics of these types of problems through mathematical analysis, laboratory experiments, and numerical modeling is a rapidly expanding area of fluid mechanics. Simplified mathematical and physical models of these systems also have the potential to inform the design of robots and autonomous underwater and aerial vehicles. This Special Issue of Fluids is dedicated to the recent advances in the mathematical, numerical and physical modeling of problems in biological fluid dynamics with applications to bio-inspired design.
Prof. Laura A. Miller
Dr. Arvind Santhanakrishnan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biofluids
- biomechanics
- computational fluid dynamics
- biomimetics
- bio-inspired design
- mathematical biology