PhD program in Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Curriculum in Fluid Dynamics and Environmental Engineering
Theme:Biological fluid dynamics
The topics covered are:
- Biological fluid dynamics
- Fluid dynamics of the eye
- Fluid dynamics of the circulatory system
- Biomimetic control and fluid-structure interactions
The researchers involved in this theme are:
Alessandro Bottaro,
Andrea Mazzino,
Jan Pralits,
Rodolfo Repetto,
Alessandro Stocchino,
Nicoletta Tambroni
Relevant publications
- Tatone, A., Recrosi, F., Repetto, R. and Guidoboni, G. From species diffusion to poroelasticity and the modelling of lamina cribrosa. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, vol. 124, pp. 849-870. 2019.
- Dvoriashyna, M., Repetto, R. and Tweedy, J. H. 2019. Oscillatory and steady streaming flow in the anterior chamber of the moving eye. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 863, pp. 904–926. 2019.
- M. Dvoriashyna, A. J. E. Foss, E. A. Gaffney, O. E. Jensen and R. Repetto. Osmotic and electroosmotic fluid transport across the retinal pigment epithelium: A mathematical model. Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 456, pp. 233-248. 2018.
- D. Natali, R. Repetto, J. H. Tweedy, T. H. Williamson and J. O. Pralits. 2018. A simple mathematical model of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Journal of Fluids and Structures, vol. 82, pp. 245-257. 2018.
- Romano, M. R., Stocchino, A., Ferrara, M., Lagazzo, A. and Repetto, R. Fluidics of single and double blade guillotine vitrectomy probes in balanced salt solution and artificial vitreous. Translational Vision Science and Technology, vol. 7, no. 6. 2018.
- Repetto, R., Pralits, J., Siggers, J. & Soleri P. Phakic iris-fixated intraocular lens placement in the anterior chamber: effects on aqueous flow, , Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. Vol. 56(5), pp 3061-3068, 2015.