Biomechanics
eBook - PDF

Biomechanics

Concepts and Computation

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Biomechanics

Concepts and Computation

About this book

Thoroughly revised and updated for the second edition, this comprehensive textbook integrates basic and advanced concepts of mechanics with numerical methods and biomedical applications. Coverage is expanded to include a complete introduction to vector and tensor calculus, and new or fully updated chapters on biological materials and continuum mechanics, motion, deformation and rotation, and constitutive modelling of solids and fluids. Topics such as kinematics, equilibrium, and stresses and strains are also included, as well as the mechanical behaviour of fibres and the analysis of one-dimensional continuous elastic media. Numerical solution procedures based on the Finite Element Method are presented, with accompanying MATLAB-based software and dozens of new biomedical engineering examples and exercises allowing readers to practise and improve their skills. Solutions for instructors are also available online. This is the definitive guide for both undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in biomechanics.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Series page
  4. Reviews
  5. Title page
  6. Copyright page
  7. Contents
  8. About the Cover
  9. Preface to the First Edition
  10. Preface to the Second Edition
  11. 1 Vector and Tensor Calculus
  12. 2 The Concepts of Force and Moment
  13. 3 Static Equilibrium
  14. 4 The Mechanical Behaviour of Fibres
  15. 5 Fibres: Time-Dependent Behaviour
  16. 6 Analysis of a One-Dimensional Continuous Elastic Medium
  17. 7 Biological Materials and Continuum Mechanics
  18. 8 Stress in Three-Dimensional Continuous Media
  19. 9 Motion: Time as an Extra Dimension
  20. 10 Deformation and Rotation, Deformation Rate and Spin
  21. 11 Local Balance of Mass, Momentum and Energy
  22. 12 Constitutive Modelling of Solids and Fluids
  23. 13 Solution Strategies for Solid and Fluid Mechanics Problems
  24. 14 Solution of the One-Dimensional Diffusion Equation by Means of the Finite Element Method
  25. 15 Solution of the One-Dimensional Convection–Diffusion Equation by Means of the Finite Element Method
  26. 16 Solution of the Three-Dimensional Convection–Diffusion Equation by Means of the Finite Element Method
  27. 17 Shape Functions and Numerical Integration
  28. 18 Infinitesimal Strain Elasticity Problems
  29. References
  30. Index