Biomechanics - Concepts and Computation

A fully updated second edition integrating basic and advanced concepts of mechanics with numerical methods and biomedical applications.

List of contents

1. Vector and tensor calculus; 2. The concepts of force and moment; 3. Static equilibrium; 4. The mechanical behaviour of fibres; 5. Fibres: time-dependent behaviour; 6. Analysis of a one-dimensional continuous elastic medium; 7. Biological materials and continuum mechanics; 8. Stress in three-dimensional continuous media; 9. Motion: the time as an extra dimension; 10. Deformation and rotation, deformation rate and spin; 11. Local balance of mass, momentum and energy; 12. Constitutive modelling of solids and fluids; 13. Solution strategies for solid and fluid mechanics problems; 14. Numerical solution of one-dimensional diffusion equation; 15. The one-dimensional convection-diffusion equation; 16. The three-dimensional convection-diffusion equation; 17. Shape functions and numerical integration; 18. Infinitesimal strain elasticity problems.

About the author

Cees Oomens is Full Professor in Biomechanics of Soft Tissues at the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands.Marcel Brekelmans is an Associate Professor in Continuum Mechanics at the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands.Sandra Loerakker is Assistant Professor in Modelling in Mechanobiology at the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands, where she also teaches courses in numerical methods for solving continuum mechanics problems.Frank Baaijens is Full Professor in Soft Tissue Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering at the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands. He is currently the university's Rector Magnificus.

Summary

Ideal for students taking biomechanics courses, this fully updated second edition integrates basic and advanced concepts of mechanics with numerical methods and biomedical applications. It includes a brand new introduction to vector and tensor calculus, dozens of new examples, exercises and solutions, and online MATLAB-based FEM code.

Product details

• Authors: Frank (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Baaijens, Baaijens Frank, Marcel Brekelmans, Marcel (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Brekelmans, Brekelmans Marcel, Sandra Loerakker, Sandra (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Loerakker, Cees Oomens, Cees (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Oomens, Oomens Cees
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781107163720
• ISBN: 978-1-107-16372-0
• No. of pages: 420
• Series: Cambridge Texts in Biomedical Engineering; Cambridge Texts in Biomedical; Cambridge Texts in Biomedical Engineering
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General), Engineering: general, Biomedical engineering, Biomechanics, Human Kinetics