NPTEL Syllabus

Biomechanics - Web course

COURSE OUTLINE

Introduction: What is Biomechanics, History, Perspectives in Biomechanics;

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Rigid Body BioMechanics; Anatomical Concepts in Biomechanics.

Material Characterization of Tissues: Classification of Tissues, Properties of

Tissues from Mechanics Point of View, Modeling of Tissues. http://nptel.iitm.ac.in
Mechanics of Skeletal Muscles: Skeletal Muscles as Elastic fibres in one
dimension, Viscous behavior, Non-linear viscoelasticity; Continuum Mechanics
Concepts in Modeling of large deformation; Stress in three-dimensional Mechanical
continuous media.
Engineering
Motion: The time as an extra dimension; Deformation and rotation, deformation
rate and spin; Constitutive modeling of solids and fluids.

Cardiovascular Mechanics: Cardiovascular Physiology, Blood Flow Models,

Blood Vessel Mechanics, Heart Valve Dynamics, Prosthetic Valve Dynamics. Pre-requisites:

Engineering Mechanics, Vector

Calculus
COURSE DETAIL

Additional Reading:
Sl. No Topic Hours
Recent papers in the Journal of
Biomechanics.
1. Introduction: What is Biomechanics 1

Coordinators:
2. Rigid Body Mechanics 1 Dr. M. Manivannan
Department of Applied MechanicsIIT
Madras
3. Anatomical Concepts 3
Prof. C. Lakshmana Rao
Department of Applied MechanicsIIT
Madras
4. Material Characterization of Tissues 3

5. Mechanics of Skeletal Muscles 4

6. Continuum Mechanics Concepts in Modeling of large 5

deformation

7. Stress in three - dimensional continuous media 4

8. Motion: the time as an extra dimension 4

9. Deformation and rotation, deformation rate and spin 5

10. Constitutive modeling of solids and fluids 5

11. Cardiovascular Mechanics 8

 References:

1. Biomechanics, by Fung C.

2. Basic Biomechsnics by Hall et.al.

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