Biomechanics : concepts and computation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oomens, C. W. J.
Other Authors: Brekelmans, Marcel, Baaijens, Franciscus Petrus Thomas
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Series:Cambridge texts in biomedical engineering
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Vector calculus
  • 2. The concepts of force and moment
  • 3. Static equilibrium
  • 4. The mechanical behaviour of fibres
  • 5. Fibres: time dependent behaviour
  • 6. Analysis of a one-dimensional continuous medium
  • 7. Biological materials and continuum mechanics
  • 8. Stress in three-dimensional continuous media
  • 9. Motion: the time as an extra dimension
  • 10. Deformation and rotation, deformation rate and spin
  • 11. Local balance of mass, momentum and energy
  • 12. Constitutive modelling of solids and fluids
  • 13. Solution strategies for solid and fluid mechanics problems
  • 14. Numerical solution of one-dimensional diffusion equation
  • 15. The one-dimensional convection-diffusion equation
  • 16. The three-dimensional convection-diffusion equation
  • 17. Shape functions and numerical integration
  • 18. Infinitesimal strain elasticity problems.