| CODE | MEC5203 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Tissue Mechanics | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Mechanical Engineering | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Bioengineering is a vast field comprising many different aspects of medical and engineering field. One of the major task in bioengineering is to support medical specialist with instruments and implantable medical devices, which represents a complex problem of the health care. The medical device design and related technology uses a synergy of the medical and engineering knowledge. In this unit, the mechanical properties and behaviour of living tissues will be discussed together with relevant testing methods, as a necessary part of the biomedical engineering knowledge. This unit of Tissue Mechanics will demonstrate the application of mechanics of material to biological living tissues such as: - collagen and the assembly of fibres forming cartilages, tendons, and ligaments; - bone tissue and its different types, their architecture; - elastic symmetry of cortical bone and its strength; - elastic properties of cancellous bone; - modelling bone as a poroelastic and viscoelastic material; - introduction to non-local theories; - bone tissue adaptation. Study-unit Aims: This unit aims to teach students about structural materials that form the tissue and how the tissue is assembled to form hierarchical structure. The continuum formulation of Conservation Law and constitutive equations will be introduced with respect to various tissues starting with collagen and its structure and various assembly architecture. Attention will be paid to bone tissue and its adaptation, poroelastic and viscoelastic properties. Different types of cartilage will be discussed with identification of their common properties. Experimental methods to determine tissue properties are also demonstrated within the unit. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - distinguish between different tissues and their specific function; - appreciate the constitutive laws of different tissues; - comprehend the difference between cortical and cancellous bone; - appreciate the bone adaptation and remodelling. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - apply the correct constitutive equation when modelling the tissue properties; - set a computational model of a biological tissue system; - correctly analyze the results of the simulation; - draw a conclusion about the obtained results. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: 1. Tissue Mechanics, Stephen C. Cowin, Stephen B.Doty, Springer 2007, ISBN-10: 0-387-36825-6 2. Mechanics of Biological Tissue, G.A. Holzapfel, R.W. Ogden (Eds.), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006, ISBN-10 3-540-25194-4 3. Biomechanics: Mechanical Properties of Living Tissues, Y.C. Fung, Springer Science 1993, 2nd. ed., ISBN 978-1-4419-3104-7 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lect, Ind Study, Group Learn, Practicum & Tutorial | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Zdenka Sant |
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