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Title:
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Biofluids and Coupled Problems in Biomechanics

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Organizers:
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Wolfgang A. Wall
Chair for Computational Mechanics
TU Munich
Boltzmannstr. 15
D-85748 Garching
wall@lnm.mw.tum.de

Marek Behr
Computational Analysis of Technical Systems
RWTH Aachen
Steinbachstr. 53B
D-52074 Aachen
behr@cats.rwth-aachen.de

C. Alberto Figueroa
James H. Clark Center
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-5431
cafa@stanford.edu

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Minisymposium description:
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This minisymposium aims to bring together experts in biofluids and all types of coupled
problems in biomechanics. Contributions will have their focus either on modeling of those
complex physiological situations, on new simulation methods especially designed for
dealing with those kind of problems or on advanced applications and high-performance
simulations in order to address challenging analysis and design problems in biomedicine
and in biomedical engineering. Of particular interest are methods for coupling different
length and time scales present in physiological situations.
Topics include computational methods and models for:
- flow-induced physiological changes in blood---hemolysis, thrombosis, cell adhesion
- fluid structure interaction in hemodynamics and in the respiratory system
- simulation of microstructured fluids
- coupled issues in remodeling of tissue, bones, etc.
- cell mechanics
- flow-induced deformation of vesicles and cells
- flow and transport in tissues and scaffolds
- flow and transport in lungs
- coupled processes related to medical devices
- and any other biological multi-physics (and multiscale) problem
Our goal is to provide a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas that will lead to the
development of more realistic physical and physiological models, and their inclusion in
efficient and robust large-scale simulations.