BE 571 Cardio-Pulmonary Biomechanies
A first course covering the broad fields of cardiac and pulmonary biomechanics. Review of anatomy and physiology of human circulatory and respiratory systems focusing mainly on engineering approaches to these systems. Other topics include :blood rheology, mechanics of blood vessels and the airway, steady and unsteady flow models, cardiac and pulmonary bioinstrumentation, cardiac ejection mechanics, mechanics of ventilation, and applications of imaging techniques to the study of the cardiac and pulmonary systems. Prerequisite ENGR 331; Co-requisite BIOL 518.
Cross Listed Courses
BE 471, BE 571, BE 671