Biofluid Dynamics refers to the study of fluid Dynamics of basic biological fluids such as blood, air etc. and has immense applications in the field of diagnosing, treating and certain surgical procedures related to the disorders/diseases which originate in the body relating to cardiovascular, pulmonary, synovial systems etc.
The different types of cardiovascular diseases include Aneurysms, Angina, Atherosclerosis, Stroke, Different types of Cerebrovascular disease, Heart Failure, Coronary Heart diseases and Myocardial infarction or Heart attacks.
The Computational Fluid dynamics (CFD) models prepared through software, of the arteries, veins etc. not only lead to the identification of properties of flowing blood inside arteries but also changes in viscosity can be identified which may be the result of certain underlying disease/disorder. Moreover, the stress concentration and the distribution of stresses in different biological systems carrying fluids can also be identified. This has led to a greater degree of assistance to biomedical engineers in recognizing the cause of certain diseases and thus they can easily search for the method of cure for that disease/disorder. Also, this has led to a greater degree of good research in the fields of biotechnology, Bio-Mechanics etc.