Enrollment year
2014/2015
Academic discipline
ING-IND/34 (INDUSTRIAL BIOENGINEERING)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL,COMPUTER AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (02/03/2015 - 12/06/2015)
Lesson hours
45 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Fluid Mechanics and of Partial Differential Equations
Learning outcomes
The student will gain a basic knowledge on how Biomachines are made and work, will be able to understand and to develop mathematical models of biomachines on the basis of fluid dynamics concepts, will know the fundamental concepts of cardiovascular fluid dynamics and of its modelling strategies.
Course contents
Fluid dynamics of cardiovascular systems
Hemodialysis machines
Prosthetic heart valves
arterial pressure measurement
Heart-lung machines
Mathematical models of hemodynamics
One dimensional modelling of pulsatile flow
Teaching methods
lectures, practical work with computers
Reccomended or required readings
lecture notes available on Kiro.
Kundu, P.K., Cohen, I.M.. Fluid Mechanics. Elsevier. With particular reference to the chapter “Introduction to Biofluid Mechanics”.
Miller,G.E.. Artificial Organs. Morgan & Claypool.
Assessment methods
During the final written test the candidate should be able to understand how Biomachines are made and work, to understand and to develop mathematical models of biomachines based on fluid dynamics, know the fundamental concepts of cardiovascular fluid dynamics and of its modelling strategies.
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