Life in Moving Fluids The Physical Biology of Flow

About this book

Both a landmark text and reference book this book has also played a catalytic role in research involving the application of fluid mechanics to biology. This revised and expanded edition maintains the humour and clarity of the first edition, summarising the developments in the field in the last 12 years and expanding the coverage of the biological literature.
`Required reading for students of biology at all levels of career development.' Paul W Webb, Science.

Contents

<table><TR><TD> <TD>Preface to the New Edition <TR><TD>Ch. 2 <TD>What Is a Fluid and How Much So <TR><TD>Ch. 3 <TD>Neither Hiding nor Crossing Streamlines <TR><TD>Ch. 4 <TD>Pressure and Momentum <TR><TD>Ch. 5 <TD>Drag, Scale, and the Reynolds Number <TR><TD>Ch. 6 <TD>The Drag of Simple Shapes and Sessile Systems <TR><TD>Ch. 7 <TD>Shape and Drag: Motile Animals <TR><TD>Ch. 8 <TD>Velocity Gradients and Boundary Layers <TR><TD>Ch. 9 <TD>Life in Velocity Gradients <TR><TD>Ch. 10 <TD>Making and Using Vortices <TR><TD>Ch. 11 <TD>Lift, Airfoils, Gliding, and Soaring <TR><TD>Ch. 12 <TD>The Thrust of Flying and Swimming <TR><TD>Ch. 13 <TD>Flows within Pipes and Other Structures <TR><TD>Ch. 14 <TD>Internal Flows in Organisms <TR><TD>Ch. 15 <TD>Flow at Very Low Reynolds Numbers <TR><TD>Ch. 16 <TD>Unsteady Flows <TR><TD>Ch. 17 <TD>Flow at Fluid-Fluid Interfaces <TR><TD>Ch. 18 <TD>Do It Yourself <TR><TD> <TD>List of Symbols <TR><TD> <TD>Bibliography and Index of Citations <TR><TD> <TD>Subject Index

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