BIOcoretheorySem 3
BIOMECHANICS
BME 2223
Syllabus
- 01Bio-fluid mechanics: Viscosity, classification of fluids, blood rheology, fundamental method for measuring viscosity, rheology of blood in micro-vessels, mechanical model of cardiovascular system, relationship among blood velocity, blood pressure and blood vessel diameter in the vascular tree, resistance against blood flow, types of blood flow, prosthesis-related complications attributable to valve fluid dynamics
- 02Mechanics of breathing, physical aspects of alveoli, diffusion, airway resistance
- 03Connective tissue mechanics: structure and biomechanical properties of collagen, tendon, ligament & cartilage; composition, structure and biomechanical properties of bone, bone fracture and failure mechanics, skeletal muscle tissue properties and functions, skeletal muscle architecture, force generation in the muscle, role of skeletal muscle, force-velocity relationship in skeletal muscle, joint flexibility
- 04Human movement mechanics: linear kinematics- kinematic parameters, fundamental concepts of gait, projectile motion, linear kinematics of walking & running, angular kinematics- types of angles, lower extremity joint angles, angular motion relationships, relationship between linear and angular motion, angle-angle diagrams, linear kinetics- laws of motion, types of forces, representation of forces acting on a system, angular kinetics- Newton's laws of motion (angular analogs), center of mass calculation, Rotation and Leverage, Pulley systems, Analysis using Newton's laws of motion
References
- Lee Waite and Jerry Fine, Applied Biofluid Mechanics, McGraw-Hill Education, Second Edition, 2017, USA
- C. Ross Ethier, Craig A. Simmons, Introductory Biomechanics, Cambridge University Press, First Edition, 2009, New York, USA
- W. Mark Saltzman, Biomedical Engineering: Bridging Medicine and Technology, Cambridge University Press, Second Edition, 2015, USA
- Joseph Hamill and Kathleen M. Knutzen, Biomechanical Basis of Human Movement, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Third Edition, 2008, Philadelphia, USA
- Susan J. Hall, Basic Biomechanics, McGraw-Hill International Editions, Seventh Edition, 2014, Singapore
Credits Structure
3Lecture
0Tutorial
0Practical
3Total