Life in Moving Fluids : The Physical Biology of Flow - Revised and Expanded Second Edition / Steven Vogel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vogel, Steven, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fluid mechanics.

Biophysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second, revised and expanded.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Both a landmark text and reference book, Steven Vogel's Life in Moving Fluids has also played a catalytic role in research involving the applications of fluid mechanics to biology. In this revised edition, Vogel continues to combine humor and clear explanations as he addresses biologists and general readers interested in biological fluid mechanics, offering updates on the field over the last dozen years and expanding the coverage of the biological literature. His discussion of the relationship between fluid flow and biological design now includes sections on jet propulsion, biological pumps, swimming, blood flow, and surface waves, and on acceleration reaction and Murray’s law. This edition contains an extensive bibliography for readers interested in designing their own experiments.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface to the New Edition

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Remarks at the Start

Chapter 2. What Is a Fluid and How Much So

Chapter 3. Neither Hiding nor Crossing Streamlines

Chapter 4. Pressure and Momentum

Chapter 5. Drag, Scale, and the Reynolds Number

Chapter 6. The Drag of Simple Shapes and Sessile Systems

Chapter 7. Shape and Drag: Motile Animals

Chapter 8. Velocity Gradients and Boundary Layers

Chapter 9. Life in Velocity Gradients

Chapter 10. Making and Using Vortices

Chapter 11. Lift, Airfoils, Gliding, and Soaring

Chapter 12. The Thrust of Flying and Swimming

Chapter 13. Flows within Pipes and Other Structures

Chapter 14. Internal Flows in Organisms

Chapter 15. Flow at Very Low Reynolds Numbers

Chapter 16. Unsteady Flows

Chapter 17. Flow at Fluid-Fluid Interfaces

Chapter 18. Do It Yourself

List of Symbols

Bibliography and Index of Citations

Subject Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [407]-440) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2020)

ISBN:

9780691212975

069121297X

OCLC:

1158109140