fluid mechanics|physiological systems|cardiovascular system|medical devices

Overview:

The aim of this module is to apply the basic principles of fluid mechanics to the scientific understanding and modelling of fluid flow in...

Biofluids and Medical Devices (MECH0036)

Overview:

The aim of this module is to apply the basic principles of fluid mechanics to the scientific understanding and modelling of fluid flow in physiological systems.

Most of the module is devoted to the study of the blood flow in the cardiovascular system, but other fluid flow systems in the body may be analysed.

The first part of the module provides an introduction to fluid mechanics and its application to physiological models, to the rheological properties of blood, and an insight of the cardiovascular system and its modelling.

The second part of the module aims at analysing the interaction between physiological flows and artificial systems, identifying the most important parameters to control in the design of medical devices.

Applications to cardiovascular implantable devices such as artificial heart valves are examined.

Emphasis is placed on a physical rather than mathematical understanding of the relevant phenomena, to allow a realistic appraisal of flow dynamics in the body. By the end of the module students will have a sound knowledge and understanding of fluid dynamics in physiological systems, and the interaction between physiological flows and medical devices.

Topics covered:

Cardiovascular physiology and disease
	Fundamentals of fluid mechanics
	Modelling
	Cardiac fluid mechanics
	Flow measurement techniques
	Rheology
	Medical devices

For students within the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Faculty only, work completed on the term abroad.

The module is available to affiliate students only.

The earliest English literature was written in Anglo-Saxon England from the late 600s to the reign of King...

The module is available to affiliate students only.

The earliest English literature was written in Anglo-Saxon England from the late 600s to the reign of King Alfred the Great (871-99). Between faction-fighting at home and Viking invasions from abroad, an evolution took place in these centuries in which many warring aristocracies from Northumbria to Kent were slowly reduced to a smaller number of kingdoms with Wessex at their head. This module gives an opportunity to study the rich variety of the Old English poetry and prose of the earlier period in which tribal warfare, fierce Christianity and tangled politics are reflected in traditional and contemporary tales of mortal combat, spiritual ecstasy and the love of dangerous men and women. Poems including Beowulf, The Wanderer and The Seafarer, are read in full or in extract alongside Bede's account of Cædmon, the earliest named poet in the English language, stories involving ambush and assassination from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and some of the earliest English prose from the reign of King Alfred. The aim of this module is to provide students with sufficient knowledge of Old English language and the background to the period to enable them to analyse these texts in terms of both their literary value and their social and cultural context.

Teaching consists of twice-weekly one-hour seminars. 

 