Life in Moving Fluids
The Physical Biology of Flow - Revised and Expanded Second Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 18. May 2020
488 pages
978-0-691-21297-5 (ISBN)
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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.
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Life in Moving Fluids
The Physical Biology of Flow - Revised and Expanded Second Edition
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The Physical Biology of Flow - Revised and Expanded Second Edition
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Steven Vogel is James B. Duke Professor in the Department of Zoology at Duke University. He is the author of Life's Devices: The Physical World of Animals and Plants (Princeton), for which he won the Jean and Irving Stone Science Writing Award, and Vital Circuits: A Popular Account of Circulatory Systems.
Content
- Cover Page
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- 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 Citat ions
- Subject Index
