Author/Authors :
Tian, Fang-Bao School of Engineering and Information Technology - University of New South Wales - Canberra, Australia , Sui, Yi School of Engineering and Materials Science - Queen Mary University of London - London, UK , Zhu, Luoding Department of Mathematical Sciences - Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis - Indianapolis - Indiana, USA , Shu, Chang Department of Mechanical Engineering - National University of Singapore - 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore , Sung, Hyung J Department of Mechanical Engineering - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) - 373-1 Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu - Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Abstract :
The circulatory and reproductive systems can be considered
as tubular transport systems of blood cells and gametes,
respectively. Both systems involve complex flows and fluidstructure interactions of large displacements and large deformations. In addition, multiple scales and multiple processes
need to be considered. Because of their importance in health
and fundamentals, great effort has been put in developing
numerical methods for these systems and in understanding
the underlying flow physics. In spite of the many achievements, it is still a challenge to model these systems accurately
using numerical methods. Moreover, there still remains
much concerted development towards grasping the complicated flow physics within such systems by using advanced
numerical methods and mathematical models. Therefore,
the goal of this special issue was to collect together recent
contributions on the development of numerical methods for
complex flows and fluid-structure interaction in circulatory
and reproductive systems and/or on addressing the complicated flow physics and heat and mass transfer in these
systems for fundamental understanding as well as engineering applications. The papers can be divided into three groups
as detailed below
