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Course Description
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Course Name
Biomechanics
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Host University
University of Galway
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Location
Galway, Ireland
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Area of Study
Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
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Language Level
Taught In English
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Prerequisites
Admission to this course is subject to the agreement of the Head of the Discipline offering the course and will depend on the applicant's academic background in the relevant subject area.
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Course Level Recommendations
Upper
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ECTS Credits
5 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits2
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units3
Hours & Credits
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Overview
Syllabus Outline: Fundamentals of solid mechanics (stress, strain, constitutive formulations); Principles of statics; Analysis of the mechanical behaviour of joints in the human body; Viscoelasticity of soft tissue; Microstructure of bone; Fatigue and fracture of bone; Bone remodelling; Structure of muscle; Biomechanics of muscle contractility; Biomechanics of the cardiac cycle; Windkessel model for pressure in compliant vessels; Newtonian flow in elastic vessels; Non-newtonian flow of blood; Unsteady Bernoulli’s equation and the mechanics of heart value closure; Biomechanics of atherosclerosis and the effect of lesions on blood flow; Cellular cytoskeletal structures and mechanotransduction; Plasticity and cardiovascular stent analysis.
Learning Outcomes
Derive the Windkessel model to relate vessel compliance to aortic blood pressure.
Calculate the compliance of a porcine aorta.
Analyse the flow conditions required for the efficient closure of heart valves.
Explain the conditions required for non-Newtonian flow of blood in the vasclature. Derive an equation for non-Newtonian blood flow.
Derive equations for fracture and fatigue failure of bone. Calculate the fracture toughness of bone.
Explain the Hill equation for muscle contractility. Derive the sliding-filament muscle contractility model.
Determine the stress state of a metal at yield and analyse the performance of a cardiovascular stent
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