Department of Biomedical Engineering, Mahidol University

EGBE 261 Biomechanics II

วศชก ๒๖๑ ชีวกลศาสตร์ ๒

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University, Thailand

ภาควิชาวิศวกรรมชีวการแพทย์ คณะวิศวกรรมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล

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INSTRUCTION INFORMATION

Instructor: Jackrit Suthakorn, Ph.D. (ผศ.ดร.จักรกฤษณ์ ศุทธากรณ์)

Contact Office: #1: 6365, Dept of Biomedical Engineering, Engineering Building 3, Ext. 6351-2

#2: BART LAB 4^th Flr, Engineering Building 2, Ext. 6446

Office Hours: Mon 4pm – 6pm or By Appointment

Email: egjst(AT)mahidol.ac.th

COURSE INFORMATION

Prerequisite: EGBE 260

Course Description: Application of advanced concepts in statics, dynamics, fluid mechanics, contimuum mechanics, and strength of materials to biological systems. Topics include measurement of mechanical properties of biological materials; rheological properties of blood; mechanics of cell, bone, skeletal muscle, and soft tissue; normal and abnormal dynamics of human movement; mechanics of articular joint movement; pulmonary mechanics; cardiac mechanics; arterial mechanics; mechanics of veins and collapsible vessels; and mechanics of flow in the microcirculation

Class Room/Time: R-328, Engineering Building 1/ Tuesday 1pm – 4pm

Class Schedule:

Week No.	Description	Note
1	Course Introduction, Math Review	HW#1
2	Basic Dynamics, 1-DOF/ M-DOF Non-Damped Systems	HW#2
3	Mechanics of Cell, Bone, Skeletal Muscle and Soft Tissue
4	Mechanics of Articular Joint Movement
5	Normal and Abnormal Dynamics of Human Movement
6	Derivation of Lagrange’s Equation for Equation of Motion
7	Solutions of Equation of Motion for 1-DOF Non-Damped/Damped Systems
8	Introduction to Control Theory
9	M-DOF Damped Systems and Their Equations of Motion
10	Rigid Body Theory
11	Basic Fluid Mechanics
12	Pulmonary Mechanics; Cardiac Mechanics; Arterial Mechanics; Mechanics of Veins and Collapsible Vessels; and Mechanics of Flow in the Microcirculation
13	Measurement of Mechanical Properties of Biological Materials
14	Biomechanics Project II
15	Biomechanics Project III

Grading:

Homework 20%, Class Attending 10%, Class Project 20% and Midterm Exam 20%, Final Exam 30%

HOME WORK

HW #1: Nov 2, 2010

HW#2: Nov 9, 2010