BME311 Biomechanics

 

Course Objective: To understand the fundamental principles, methods and applications of the biomechanics of human body components, i.e. muscoloskeletal system, cells, etc., and to learn basic mechanic concepts (static, strength, kinematic and dynamic) combined with biological concepts.

 

Instructor: Cevat Erişken, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering, Office 175/5, Tel 0(312)-292-4083, cerisken@etu.edu.tr,

http://cerisken.etu.edu.tr

 

Textbook:

· Basic Biomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System, 4th Ed., 2012, Edited by Margareta Nordin, Victor H. Frankel 

 

 

 

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Course Description:

This course is designed to cover the basics and applications of biomechanics principals (i.e. kinematic, dynamic, static). The topics in this course will include skeletal muscle system, biomechanics of lower and upper extremity bones, spine biomechanics as well as cell biomechanics. More specifically, the students are expected to learn about biomechanics of bone, articular cartilage, tendons and ligaments, peripheral nerves and spinal nerve roots, skeletal muscle, knee, hip, foot and ankle, lumbar spine, cervical spine, shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand, fracture fixation, arthroplasty, and gait. Recent advances and major problems relevant to cell/tissue/organ biomechanics will also be presented and discussed. 

 

Grading:

 

Mid-term        : 30%

Quizzes          : 15%

Presentation    : 10%

Attendance     : 5%

Final                : 40%

 

Quiz Marks 1-9

 

Week 1      - Introduction & concepts & (Reading assignment 1)

Week 1      - Problem Solutions (Moment & Torques)

Week 2      - Biomechanics of Bone

Week 2      - Problem solution (Couple Moment and Translation of Forces)

Week 2      - Quiz 4

Week 3      - Biomechanics of Articular Cartilage & (Reading assignment 2—Stress and strain)

Week 3      - Problem solution—Stress and strain

Week 4      - Reading assignment 3 (Biomechanics of biological tissues—viscoelasticity)

Week 4      - Viscoelasticity– Maxwell and Kelvin-Voight Models

Week 5      - Biomechanics of Tendons and Ligaments

Week 5      - Biomechanics of Tendon and Ligaments—Problem Solution

Week 7      - Anatomical terms of location 

Week 8      - Biomechanics of Skeletal Muscle

Week 9      - Biomechanics of Skeletal Muscle—problem solutions

Week 10    - Biomechanics of Knee