Complex fluids in biological systems : experiment, theory, and computation /: experiment, theory, and computation. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Saverio E. Spagnolie, editor.
• Editors: Spagnolie, Saverio E
• Contents: Preface; Contents; Contributors; List of Symbols; Part I Introduction to Complex Fluids; 1 Introduction to Complex Fluids; 1 Introduction; 2 Newtonian Fluid Mechanics; 2.1 Material (Lagrangian) and Spatial (Eulerian) Variables; 2.2 Conservation of Mass; 2.3 Conservation of Momentum; 2.4 The Cauchy Stress Tensor and the Navier-Stokes Equations; 2.5 Dimensional Analysis and the Stokes Equations; 3 Generalized Newtonian Fluids; 3.1 Shear-Thinning and Shear-Thickening Fluids; 3.2 Carreau-Yasuda and Power-Law Fluids; 3.3 Mechanical Instability of Extremely Shear-Thinning Fluids. 4 Differential Constitutive Equations for Viscoelastic Fluids4.1 Linear Maxwell Fluids and Kelvin-Voigt Solids; 4.2 Objectivity and Convected Derivatives; 4.3 Canonical Nonlinear Differential Constitutive Equations; 4.3.1 A Cooking Recipe; 4.3.2 Constitutive Equations from Field-Theoretical and Symmetry Arguments; 4.4 A Kinetic Theory: The Linear Elastic Dumbbell Model; 4.4.1 Dumbbell Dynamics and the Smoluchowski Equation; 4.4.2 The Special Case of the Hookean Dumbbell; 4.4.3 Completing the Picture: The Upper-Convected Maxwell Model; 5 Material Properties of Viscoelastic Fluids. 5.1 Normal Stress Differences5.2 Normal-Stress Measurements; 5.3 Other Flows; 6 Final Words of Caution: A Health Warning; 7 Conclusion; References; 2 Complex Fluids and Soft Structures in the Human Body; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Biological Materials in the Human Body; 1.1.1 Mathematical Modeling of Biological Materials; 1.1.2 Nonlinear Viscoelasticity; 2 Mucus in the Human Body; 2.1 Mucus Composition; 2.2 Mucus Viscoelasticity; 2.2.1 Rheological Characterization; 2.2.2 Modeling Mucus Rheology; 2.3 Respiratory Mucus Clearance; 2.3.1 Mucociliary Clearance ; 2.3.2 Modeling Mucociliary Clearance (MCC). 2.3.3 Modeling Mucus Transport in the Human Respiratory Tract2.3.4 Cough Clearance; 2.4 Diffusion in Mucus; 2.4.1 Modeling Diffusion in Mucus; 2.4.2 Mesh Size Distribution; 2.4.3 Obstruction Scaling Model; 3 Modeling Structure and Dynamics Within a Single Cell: The Mitotic Yeast Spindle; 3.1 Modeling Mitosis in Yeast Cells; 3.1.1 Force Balance Within the Budding Yeast Mitotic Spindle; 3.1.2 Kinetochore Microtubule Length Dynamics; 3.1.3 Functional Form of the Spring Force; 4 Modeling Cell Motility; References; Part II Rheology of Complex Biological Fluids; 3 Theoretical Microrheology. 1 Introduction2 Passive Microrheology: Brownian Motion; 2.1 Single-Particle Diffusion and the Viscosity of Newtonian Solvents; 2.2 Extension to Viscoelastic Fluids: The Generalized Stokes-Einstein Relation; 2.3 Validity of the Stokes-Einstein Relation?; 2.4 Dual-Probe Microrheology; 3 Nonequilibrium Systems: Active Microrheology; 3.1 Model System; 3.2 Microviscosity; 3.3 Force-Induced Diffusion: Microdiffusivity; 3.4 A Complete Picture: Microviscosity, Microdiffusivity, and Normal Stresses; 3.5 Time-Dependent Flows; 3.6 Brownian Dynamics Simulations; 4 A ``Non-equilibrium Equation of State''
• Publisher Details: New York : Springer Science and Business Media
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 571.4; Physics; Cytology; Hydraulic engineering; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Anatomy & Physiology; Cytology; Hydraulic engineering; Physics; Body Fluids; Technology & Engineering -- Mechanical; Science -- Life Sciences -- Cytology; Science -- Mechanics -- Dynamics -- Fluid Dynamics; Mathematics -- Applied; Mechanics of fluids; Cellular biology (cytology); Materials / States of matter; Maths for scientists; Cell physiology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biophysics; Biophysics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781493920655; 1493920650
• Related ISBNs: 9781493920648; 1493920642
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