Mechanics of Biological Materials

This book introduces the mechanical principles governing the behaviour of biological materials. The systematic approach is based on one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional biological materials. Essential mathematical tools are developed from first principles and applied to materials like spider silk, blood vessels, and bone.

List of contents

0. Front Matter. Section I: Fibres. Materials Practically Unidimensional. 1. Biological Fibres. General Concepts. 2. Mechanical Behaviour of Fibres. 3. Examples Section. Section II. Membranes. Materials Practically Two Dimensional. 4. Biological Membranes. General Concepts. 5. Mechanical Properties. 6. Examples Section. Section III. Bulk Materials. Three dimensions need to be considered. 7. Biological Bulk Materials. General Concepts. 8. Mechanical Properties. 9. Examples. End Matter I. References. End Matter II. Index.

About the author

Manuel Elices is a Foreign Member of the National Academy of Engineering, USA, and Emeritus Professor of Materials Science at the Polytechnical University of Madrid, Spain.
Gustavo Guinea, former Director of the Centre for Biomedical Technology at the Polytechnical University of Madrid, Spain, is Head of the Lab for Biomaterials and Regenerative Engineering in this Centre.
John Morton is a Fellow in Engineering Science at University College Oxford, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Manuel Elices, Manuel Guinea Elices, Gustavo Guinea, John Morton
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 25.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032892771
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3289277-1
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Mechanics / Solids, Mechanical Engineering, Materials science, Engineering: general, Biomedical engineering, Mathematics & science, Biomechanics, Human Kinetics, Mathematics and science, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / General, SCIENCE / Mechanics / Statics