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Campus
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SMME
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Programs
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PG
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Session
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Fall Semester 2016
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Course Title
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Biomechanics
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Course Code
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BMES-832
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Credit Hours
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3
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Pre-Requisutes
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None
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Course Objectives
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- Describe the various elements comprising a computational model of the human neuromusculoskeletalsyste
- Formulate and solve differential equations that govern the motion of rigid-body (link-segmental) dynamical systems
- Describe the mechanical properties of various soft tissues, especially muscle, ligament, and tendon
- Formulate and solve differential equations that incorporate the major physiological properties of muscle, ligament, and tendon
- Formulate simple, integrative models of the human neuromusculoskeletal system
- Use computational models of the human body to study movement.
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Detail Content
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- Dynamics of (planar) segmental systems: Degrees of freedom , Free-body diagrams, Force and moment equilibrium, Equations of motion, Muscle moment arms , Numerical integration of equations of motion , Computational examples, Mechanical properties of soft tissue Muscle
- Tendon and ligament
- Muscle modeling : Hill-type models and Computational examples, Equations for Musculotendon dynamics
- Muscle Activation Dynamics: Excitation-contraction dynamics, First-order model for activation dynamics, Analysis of Biomechanical Systems , Inverse Dynamics , Forward Dynamics
- Determining Muscle Forces: Indeterminate problem in biomechanics, Static optimization method, Dynamic optimization method.
- Material properties of bone & cross‐sectional properties. The mechanics of Joints.
- Measuring techniques of force, pressure, acceleration, strain.
Course Outcomes
- The students will have the ability to formulate and solve differential equations that govern the motion of rigid-body (link-segmental) dynamical systems and locomotive system.
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Text/Ref Books
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- Biomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System. Edited by B. Nigg and W. Herzog, Second Edition, Wiley 1999.
- Pandy MG, Barr RE. Biomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System, To appear in Handbook of Biomedical Engineering, McGraw-Hill, 2002.
- Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton
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Time Schedule
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Faculty/Resource Person
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Asst Prof Dr Murtaza Najabat Ali
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