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ME 597 Biomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System(3 cr.) |
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| Prerequisites: |
ME 272
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| Corequisites: |
NONE
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| Textbooks: |
Nigg and Herzog Biomechanics of the Musculo-skeletal System, John Wiley & Sons, 1994.
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| Description: |
Mechanical design of organisms, with emphasis on the mechanics of the musculoskeletal system.
Selected topics in prosthesis design and biomaterials; emphasis on the unique
biological criteria that must be considered in biomechanical engineering design.
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| Goals: |
To provide students with an understanding of how living organisms
optimize structures to adapt to the mechanical demands of their environment.
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| Outcomes |
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| Topics: |
1. Tissue engineering of cartilage (2 classes)
2. Nature of viscoelasticity in biphasic materials and mechanics of cartilage (2 classes)
3. Bone biology and structure (2 classes)
4. Bone mechanotransduction and fundamentals of bone biomechanics.
Basic theory of elasticity (4 classes)
5. Criteria for yielding including Tsai-Wu criterion (1 classes).
6. Computer aided optimization and skeletal scaling (2 classes).
7. Muscle physiology (2 classes).
8. Muscle mechanics (1 classes).
9. Tendons and Ligaments (2 classes)
10. Mechanics of human motion (2 classes)
11. Statically determinant systems (1 classes)
12. Statically indeterminant systems (1 classes)
13. Orthopedic prosthesis design (2 classes).
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