An Introduction to Biomechanics Solids and Fluids, Analysis and Design /

• Main Authors: Humphrey, Jay D. (Author), O’Rourke, Sherry L. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Biochemical engineering.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Biomedical Engineering.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Biochemical Engineering.

This textbook introduces the student to a consistent approach of formulating and solving problems involving the biomechanics of solids and fluids. Brief introductions are also provided for more complex situations that require methods of nonlinear elasticity, viscoelasticity, elastodynamics, or fluid...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction.-2 Stress, Strain, and Constitutive Relations
• 3 Equilibrium, Universal Solutions, and Inflation
• 4 Extension and Torsion
• 5 Beam Bending and Column Buckling
• 6 Some Nonlinear Problems
• 7 Stress, Motion, and Constitutive Relations.-8 Fundamental Balance Relations.-9 Some Exact Solutions.-10 Control Volume and Semi-empirical Method.-11 Coupled Solid–fluid Problems.-12 Epilogue.