An Introduction to Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics

By Prof. Raghvendra Gupta | IIT Guwahati

Learners enrolled: 1615

This course aims to provide an overview of the important problems in human circulatory system. The course would provide introduction to cardiovascular systems and important fluid flow problems in large arteries. The goal is to provide students with the necessary background to apply the knowledge of fluid mechanics to analyse the flow behavior in biological systems in general and human circulatory system in particular. It is hoped that with this course, the students would be able to develop a perspective towards the design and development of diagnostics and medical device development.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : UG and PG students of Chemical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology

PREREQUISITES : NIL

INDUSTRY SUPPORT : GE Healthcare, Johnson and Johnson and other biomedical companies

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	4 weeks
Category :	Chemical Engineering
Credit Points :	1
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	27 Jan 2020
End Date :	21 Feb 2020
Enrollment Ends :	03 Feb 2020
Exam Date :	29 Mar 2020 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Introduction to Cardiovascular System, Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics

Week 2: Basics of Rheology, Morphology and Rheology of Blood, Viscometers and Reheometers, Viscoelasticity

Week 3: Blood flow in a channel, Flow Bifurcation

Week 4: Pulsatile Flow, Flow in Elastic Tubes

Books and references

Guyton, A. C. and Hall, J. E., A textbook of medical physiology, tenth edition, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA.
Chandran, B. K., Rittgers, S. E. and Yoganathan, A. P. “Biofluid Mechanics”, CRC Press, Second edition, 2012.
Fung, Y. C., Biodynamic Circulation, Springer Science and Business Media, 2013.

Instructor bio

Prof. Raghvendra Gupta

IIT Guwahati

Dr. Raghvendra Gupta is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. His research interest lies in understanding transport phenomena in complex systems. He has been teaching an elective course on Biofluid Mechanics for last two years.

Course certificate

• The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
• The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
• Date and Time of Exams: 29th March 2020, Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
• Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
• The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
• Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE:
• Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 3 assignments out of the total 4 assignments given in the course.
• Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
• Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75.
• If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.
• Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Guwahati. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.
• Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

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