Biomechanics: Concepts and Computation

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Undergraduate textbook on biomechanics & computational modeling, with biomedical applications

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19 Oct 2010	MathWorks Classroom Resources Team	"Biomechanics: Concepts and Computation", by Cees Oomens, Marcel Brekelmans, and Frank Baaijens, 2009. Cambridge University Press. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Vector 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 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 HIGHLIGHTS • Integrates both general and specific topics, theoretical background and biomedical engineering applications, as well as analytical and numerical approaches. • Chapters 14-18 make use of a finite element code written in MATLAB • Suitable for an advanced undergraduate/graduate biomedical engineering course with a focus on biomechanics PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521875585 DOWNLOADABLE CODE for finite element modeling http://www.mate.tue.nl/biomechanicsbook/downloads.html

19 Oct 2010

MathWorks Classroom Resources Team

"Biomechanics: Concepts and Computation", by Cees Oomens, Marcel Brekelmans, and Frank Baaijens, 2009. Cambridge University Press.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Vector 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 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

HIGHLIGHTS
• Integrates both general and specific topics, theoretical background and biomedical engineering applications, as well as analytical and numerical approaches.
• Chapters 14-18 make use of a finite element code written in MATLAB
• Suitable for an advanced undergraduate/graduate biomedical engineering course with a focus on biomechanics

PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE
http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521875585

DOWNLOADABLE CODE for finite element modeling
http://www.mate.tue.nl/biomechanicsbook/downloads.html

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