| CODE | MEC4001 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Biomechanics | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Mechanical Engineering | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit provides an insight into the following topics: - overview of different types of tissue, their mechanical behaviour, and introduction to linear continuum theory, poroelasticity, and modelling of the tissue; - overview of vital human functions and systems, and identification of organs contributing to the specific function; - overview of musculoskeletal anatomy and biomechanics of the spine, limbs, torso, and some joints such as hip, knee etc.; - motion analysis - measurement and simulation; - the principle of reverse engineering in biomechanics for design of prosthetic devices. Study-unit Aims: Biomechanics introduces the synergy of all basic mechanical theories applied to biological systems. It familiarizes students with basic human systems, organs, and their mechanical property that has direct influence on the biomechanical feedback. The study-unit provides an insight to the methods and strategies used to analyze complex biological systems, apply computational methods to solve mathematical models of the complex system and verify the numerical results. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - identify basic functions and organs of a human body; - identify the tissue properties and their behaviour; - apply basic principles of mechanics to describe the behaviour of a simple musculoskeletal system; and - create mathematical model of the simple biological system to quantify the stress, strain developed; - evaluate the magnitude of the force produced by muscle. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - provide simple evaluation of a human motion; and - identify and collect data needed for computational modelling of a simple system; - simulate the response of basic functional system by applying the principle of reverse engineering; - appreciate the complexity of human systems; and - get inspired by the nature and learn from the nature. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: [Books marked with (a) are available in the library] - Musculoskeletal biomechanics - P. Brinckmann, W. Frobin, G. Leivseth, ISBN-3-13-130051-5, Thieme, 2002. (a) - Kinesiology: the mechanics & pathomechanics of human movement - C. A. Oatis, ISBN 0-7817-5513-1, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004. (a) - Gait analysis: an introduction - Michael W. Whittle, ISBN 0-7506-5262-4, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002. (a) - Introductory Biomechanics: From Cells to Organisms (Cambridge Texts in Biomedical Engineering) - C. Ross Ethier, ISBN- 978-0521841122, Cambridge University Press, 12 Mar 2007. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-units: MEC2201, MEC3108, MEC3203 Co-requisite Study-units: MEC1101, MEC1401, MEC2102, MEC2308, MEC3103 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Tutorial, Practical & Independent Study | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Zdenka Sant |
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