This book contains nearly all the papers presented at the AMS-IMS-SIAM Joint Summer Research Conference on Biofluiddynamics, held in July 1991, at the University of Washington, Seattle. The lead paper, by Sir James Lighthill, presents a comprehensive review of external flows in biology. The other papers on external and internal flows illuminate developments in the protean field of biofluiddynamics from diverse viewpoints, reflecting the field's multidisciplinary nature. For this reason, the book appeals to mathematicians, biologists, engineers, physiologists, cardiologists, and oceanographers. The papers highlight a number of problems that have remained largely unexplored due to the difficulty of addressing biological flow motions, which are often governed by large systems of nonlinear differential equations and involve complex geometries.However, recent advances in computational fluid dynamics have expanded opportunities to solve such problems. These developments have increased interest in areas such as the mechanisms of blood and air flow in humans, the dynamic ecology of the oceans, animal swimming and flight, to name a few. This volume addresses many of these flow problems.

Table of Contents:
Biofluiddynamics: A survey by J. Lighthill Hairy little legs: Feeding, smelling, and swimming at low Reynolds numbers by M. R. Koehl Disturbance, natural selection, and the prediction of maximal wave-induced forces by M. W. Denny Computational modeling of the swimming of biflagellated algal cells by L. J. Fauci Mechanical approach toward flagellar motility by M. Murase Mechanical analysis of particle capture by rectangular-mesh nets by C. Loudon and D. N. Alstad Fish as filters: An empirical and mathematical analysis by S. L. Sanderson and A. Y. Cheer Computational biofluid dynamics by C. S. Peskin and D. M. McQueen Acoustic streaming in the ear itself by J. Lighthill Computation of incompressible viscous flows through artificial heart devices with moving boundaries by C. Kiris, S. Rogers, D. Kwak, and I.-D. Chang An implicit numerical method for fluid dynamics problems with immersed elastic boundaries by A. A. Mayo and C. S. Peskin Continuum models of platelet aggregation: Mechanical properties and chemically-induced phase transitions by A. L. Fogelson Surface-tension instabilities of liquid-lined elastic tubes by D. Halpern and J. B. Grotberg Dynamic flow in the nephron: Filtered delay in the TGF pathway by E. B. Pitman, H. E. Layton, and L. C. Moore A new finite-difference scheme and its application to flows in stenosed arteries by H. Huang, V. J. Modi, and B. R. Seymour On aerodynamics and the energetics of vertebrate flapping flight by J. M. V. Rayner On the significance of unsteady effects in the aerodynamic performance of flying animals by G. R. Spedding Mechanics and energetics of ground effect in flapping flight by H. de la Cueva and R. W. Blake Stability of aquatic animal locomotion by D. Weihs Lift and drag calculations for wings and tails: Techniques and applications by C. P. van Dam, K. Nikfetrat, and P. M. H. W. Vijgen Flow in large blood vessels by S. A. Berger The mechanics of blood flow in capillaries by T. W. Secomb Unsteady flow in a curved pipe by C. G. Yam and H. A. Dwyer Optimality in biological fluid transport systems by M. LaBarbera.