Fundamentals of Biomechanics Equilibrium, Motion, and Deformation /

• Main Authors: Özkaya, Nihat (Author), Leger, Dawn (Author), Goldsheyder, David (Author), Nordin, Margareta (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 4th ed. 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Biomedical engineering.; Orthopedics.; Rehabilitation.; Sports medicine.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Sports Medicine.; Biomedical Engineering.; Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology.

This textbook integrates the classic fields of mechanics—statics, dynamics, and strength of materials—using examples from biology and medicine. The book is excellent for teaching either undergraduates in biomedical engineering programs or health care professionals studying biomechanics at the gradua...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Force Vector
• 3. Moment And Torque Vectors
• 4. Statics: Systems in Equilibrium
• 5. Applications of Statics to Biomechanics
• 6. Introduction to Dynamics
• 7. Linear Kinematics
• 8. Linear Kinetics
• 9. Angular Kinematics
• 10. Angular Kinetics
• 11. Impulse and Momentum
• 12. Introduction to Deformable Body Mechanics
• 13. Stress & Strain
• 14. Multiaxial Deformations & Stress Analyses
• 15. Mechanical Properties of Biological Tissues
• Appendix A. Plane Geometry
• Appendix B. Vector Algebra
• Appendix C. Calculus
• Index.