Module description
This module will introduce students to the underlying principles behind transport phenomena within the human body. Three quarters of the module will focus on Fluid Mechanics and will include an introduction to the mechanics of blood flow in arteries. The remaining one quarter will introduce students to heat and mass transfer and their biomedical applications. The module will emphasise conservation laws and solution techniques important within a biomedical context, including control volume analysis, vector calculus, Navier-Stokes equations, nondimensional analysis, and diffusion processes.
Assessment details
Coursework 30%
Exam 70%
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course the students should be able:
• To use theoretical models and apply general conservation laws for the derivation of transport equations
• To demonstrate systematic understanding of the basic fluid dynamic principles and their application to haemodynamics
• To demonstrate systematic understanding of the processes of convection and diffusion and their application to biomedical engineering
• To understand and apply the fundamentals of vector calculus and its application to mathematical modelling of transport
• To use theoretical models and apply current mathematical techniques for solving transport equations