Fluid biophysics

The first part (approximately 1/3) of the module will address (biological) processes with a temporal evolution described by an exponential law (growth or decay).

Radioactivity will be discussed as an illustration of such a process and for its applications in the fields of biology, health, and the environment (dating, tracing, etc.).

The second part (approximately 2/3) of the module will introduce the concepts of fluid and pressure, and present the laws of hydrostatics (fundamental law of fluid statics, Archimedes' theorem).

Fluid dynamics will be introduced, including the concepts of flow, viscosity, sedimentation, and centrifugation, in relation to the Biology-Health sector.

List of Chapter Titles in the Module:

- Exponential variations

- Radioactivity (radioactive decay, activity)

- Fluids: definition, properties, concept of pressure

- Hydrostatics: fundamental law of fluid statics, Archimedes' theorem.

- Elements of hydrodynamics: flows, Bernoulli's theorem

- Viscosity; Sedimentation and centrifugation

- study processes that evolve according to an exponential law

- establish and manipulate the law of radioactive decay (dating, biological tracer)

- know the physical properties of fluids

- apply the fundamental relationship of fluid statics and Archimedes' principle

- identify the characteristics of fluid motion (perfect or real)

- Understand the fundamentals of fluid mechanics for applications in the biology and health sector. 

PHYSICS: UE HAV102P: Physical Approaches to Life:

- Physical quantities, dimensions, and units

- Forces, force balance, viscous force, fluid mobilization pressure

MATHEMATICS: high school level

- Study of a real function of a real variable (Math)

- Log and exp functions