About this Research Topic
Biological fluids are plentiful in nature. Examples of such fluids include blood, synovial fluid, sperm, cerebrospinal fluid, urine etc. that are important for life and continue to attract considerable research attention. These fluids typically flow in organs and vessels (e.g., kidneys, lungs, eyes, joints, heart) and hence they tend to exhibit complex flow patterns due to geometry and tissue compliance or non-Newtonian/viscoelastic nature. Therefore, we need modelling techniques to completely characterize such fluid flow.
The nanofluids are made up of a base fluid and the nanoparticles. Due to higher thermal conductivities of metal/metal-oxide, addition of metallic nanoparticles enhances the heat transfer performance of the base fluids (e.g. water, ethylene, refrigerants, oils and lubricants, biofluids, polymeric solutions etc.) significantly. Nanoparticles have significant applications in bio-medicine and can be used in diagnosis, MRI imaging, in drug delivery, tumour treatment and in cancer therapy.
On the other hand, the heat transfer in living biological tissues is of greater importance due to its several diagnostic and therapeutic applications involving either raising or lowering of temperature.
This Research Topic aims to capture the recent theoretical and experimental contributions in the field of biofluid dynamics, which would provide important insights into the flow pattern and complex behaviour of biofluids and the application of mathematical methods to solve the model of biofluid flow problems.
Recent developments in Mathematical modelling of Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) biofluid flow and Bioheat transfer through living biological tissues will be the primary focus of the Research Topic. In particular, biofluid dynamics incorporating nano-particles, Dual-phase-lag (DPL) heat transfer, and contribution to blood flow and hemodynamics in health and disease. Flow of suspensions such as bacteria, sperm, algae, and the behaviour of DPL heat transfer in human skin tissue may also be covered.
The Research Topic seeks high-quality contributions. The articles could be Original Research papers or Review papers on the following topics:
- Experimental and Theoretical study of MHD Biofluid Flow.
- Experimental and Theoretical study of DPL Heat Transfer in Biological Tissues.
- Magnetohydrodynamic Blood Flow through stenosed artery.
- Blood Flow with heat and mass transfer incorporating nano-particles/hybrid nano-particles.
- Experimental and Theoretical Non-Newtonian Biofluid Flow.
- Role of DPL Heat conduction Model on Biofluid Flow and heat transfer in biological tissues.
- Role of Porous Media on Biofluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Biological Tissues.
The nanofluids are made up of a base fluid and the nanoparticles. Due to higher thermal conductivities of metal/metal-oxide, addition of metallic nanoparticles enhances the heat transfer performance of the base fluids (e.g. water, ethylene, refrigerants, oils and lubricants, biofluids, polymeric solutions etc.) significantly. Nanoparticles have significant applications in bio-medicine and can be used in diagnosis, MRI imaging, in drug delivery, tumour treatment and in cancer therapy.
On the other hand, the heat transfer in living biological tissues is of greater importance due to its several diagnostic and therapeutic applications involving either raising or lowering of temperature.
This Research Topic aims to capture the recent theoretical and experimental contributions in the field of biofluid dynamics, which would provide important insights into the flow pattern and complex behaviour of biofluids and the application of mathematical methods to solve the model of biofluid flow problems.
Recent developments in Mathematical modelling of Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) biofluid flow and Bioheat transfer through living biological tissues will be the primary focus of the Research Topic. In particular, biofluid dynamics incorporating nano-particles, Dual-phase-lag (DPL) heat transfer, and contribution to blood flow and hemodynamics in health and disease. Flow of suspensions such as bacteria, sperm, algae, and the behaviour of DPL heat transfer in human skin tissue may also be covered.
The Research Topic seeks high-quality contributions. The articles could be Original Research papers or Review papers on the following topics:
- Experimental and Theoretical study of MHD Biofluid Flow.
- Experimental and Theoretical study of DPL Heat Transfer in Biological Tissues.
- Magnetohydrodynamic Blood Flow through stenosed artery.
- Blood Flow with heat and mass transfer incorporating nano-particles/hybrid nano-particles.
- Experimental and Theoretical Non-Newtonian Biofluid Flow.
- Role of DPL Heat conduction Model on Biofluid Flow and heat transfer in biological tissues.
- Role of Porous Media on Biofluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Biological Tissues.
Keywords: Biofluid flow, Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow, Nanofluid, Dual Phase Lag heat transfer, Stenosed artery, Porous Media.
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