Fluid–Structure Interaction in Biological Systems
A special issue of Fluids (ISSN 2311-5521). This special issue belongs to the section "Non-Newtonian and Complex Fluids".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 3321
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fluid–structure interaction (FSI), which refers to the interaction of a moveable and/or deformable structure with an internal/external of surrounding fluid, commonly occurs in biological systems and is oftentimes critical to the physiological/biological functions of the systems. Prominent examples include cardiovascular system where the pumping of blood from the heart is the result of deformation of the heart wall and the functioning of the heart valves is mostly driven by FSI; gastrointestinal system where peristalsis is employed to move food; the respiratory system where contraction/expansion of the lungs leads to respiration; the phonatory system where FSI is employed to produce sound as well as swimming fish, flying birds and insects where FSI is employed to generate lift and thrust. Studying FSI in biological systems can lead to improved fundamental understanding of biological functions, health care as well as bio-inspired engineering designs.
Significant challenges in studying FSI in biological systems include large deformations, complex geometries and nonlinear viscous elastic materials. Recent advances in experimental, computational and theoretical approaches provide us ever-since capabilities to tackle these challenges. Many ground-breaking methodologies and findings were enabled. This Special Issue intends to gather recent advances of studying FSI in biological system in both methodology and mechanism finding using experimental, computational, theoretical approach or their combinations. This Special Issue will be of interest to fluid and solid mechanics research communities, and also to biological and biomedical communities.
Dr. Xudong Zheng
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- flow-structure interaction
- bio-fluid mechanics
- cardiovascular system
- gastrointestinal system
- phonatory system
