Biomechanics for Engineering Students.

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: MECHENG 320 and MECHENG 382. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (3 credits) Fundamental properties of biological systems, followed by a quantitative, mechanical analysis. Topics include mechanics of the cytoskeleton, biological motor molecules, cell motility, muscle, tissue and bio-fluid mechanics, blood rheology, bio-viscoelasticity, biological ceramics, animal mechanics and locomotion, biomimetics and effects of scaling. Individual topics will be covered on a case by case study basis.