Biomechanics
Biomekanik

BMEN05F, 7.5 högskolepoäng

Gäller från och med: Autumn 2018
Beslutad av: Professor Thomas Johansson
Datum för fastställande: 2018-05-18

Allmänna uppgifter

Avdelning: Biomedical Engineering
Kurstyp: Gemensam kurs, avancerad nivå och forskarnivå
Kursen ges även på avancerad nivå med kurskod: BMEN05
Undervisningsspråk: English

Syfte

The aim of the course is to widen the conceptions of mechanics to also include biological systems.

Mål

Kunskap och förståelse

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• be familiar with the different organ systems of the human body and how they work together
• understand how systems of joints, e.g. the hip and the knee, works in mechanical sense
• understand how human locomotion can be modelled and analysed in using mechanical concepts
• understand how the building stones of the human body ( bone, cartilage, tendons, ligaments and muscles) can be described in mechanical terms
• be able to describe the prerequisites prosthesis and implants must fulfill in order to work mechanically in the human body

Färdighet och förmåga

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• be able to formulate and solve problems in biomechanics, both in statics and dynamics
• be able to make use of techniques in optimization to solve a problem in biomechanics
• be able to model human motions using commercial software

Värderingsförmåga och förhållningssätt

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• be able to estimate properties in strength of materials such as safety factor and mechanical lifetime of biological tissues
• be able to describle the quality of human motions
• be able to interpret and discuss information from literature in medicine

Kursinnehåll

The architecture of the skeleton and the apparatus of locomotion are described as a mechanical system where the bones are coupled together in joints and the activity in the muscles control the movements.The human body is built up by different elements such as bone, articular cartilage, ligaments, tendons, muscles, blood and body fluids. These elements are described and modelled in the context described in earlier courses in mechanics and solid mechanics. Newton´s equations are applied on the different parts of the skeleton and concepts like constitutive equations are applied to biological material e.g. bone, where effects from mechanical loading on the inner structure are modelled

Kurslitteratur

Nordin, M. & Frankel, V.: Basic Biomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001. ISBN 9780683302479.

Kursens undervisningsformer

Undervisningsformer: Föreläsningar, seminarier, laborationer, projekt

Kursens examination

Examinationsformer: Skriftlig tentamen, muntlig tentamen, inlämningsuppgifter, seminarieföredrag av deltagarna. Three written assignments are performed in groups of 2-3 students during the course. The assignments are reported in written reports and written feedback is given from the course coordinator. In the end of the course there is an individual, written, home exam
Betygsskala: Underkänd, godkänd
Examinator:

Antagningsuppgifter

Förutsatta förkunskaper: Basic courses in mathematics, mechanics and solid mechanics or engineering mechanics

Kurstillfällesinformation

Kontaktinformation och övrigt

Kursansvarig: Ingrid Svensson <ingrid.svensson@bme.lth.se>
Hemsida: www.bme.lth.se