Instructor:

Scott J. Hollister, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
Surgery, and Mechanical Engineering

Announcements:

Contact:

Rm. 2208 LBME
Email: scottho@umich.edu
Phone: 647-9962

Course Information:

Class: M, W 9:30-11:30

Office Hours:

Monday - 11:30-12:30

Wednesday - 11:30-12:30

Classroom: 1121 LBME

Announcements

Grading:

15% Homework
15% Oral presentation of a Biomechanics Paper
10% Quizzes

30% Mid-Term
30% Final Exam

Syllabus

Lecture Notes by Section:

Chapter 0: Overview

Chapter 1: Mathematical Preliminaries

Chapter 2: Stress

Chapter 3: Displacement, Deformation and Strain

Chapter 4: Alternate Definitions of Stress

Chapter 5: Musculoskeletal Boundary Conditions

Chapter 6: Constitutive Equations: Linear and Nonlinear Elasticity

Chapter 7: Constitutive Equations: Viscoelasticity

Chapter 8: Constitutive Equations: Poroelasticity/Biphasic Theory

Chapter 9: Bone Structure-Function

Chapter 10: Ligament Structure-Function

Chapter 11: Blood Vessel Structure-Function