BME 332
Introduction to Biosolid Mechanics
Winter - 2007
Date Day Topic
Jan.8 Monday Class Overview
Section 1: Continuum Mechanics: Stress, Strain, Equilibrium Equation, Boundary Conditions
Jan.10 Wednesday Class Overview, Introduction to Index Notation
Jan. 15 Monday No Class Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday
Jan 17 Wednesday Class Overview;
Jan. 22 Monday Tensors; Cauchy Stress Definition, Balance of Linear and Angular Momentum
Jan. 24 Wednesday Concept of Reference and Deformed States; Definition of Small and Finite Strain
Jan. 29 Monday Concept of Reference and Deformed States; Definition of Small and Finite Strain
Jan. 31 Wednesday Alternative Stress Definition for Large Deformation, Equilibrium Equation for Finite Strain
Feb. 5 Monday Definition of Boundary Conditions for Tissue Stress Analysis; Intro to Optimization
Feb. 7 Wednesday Optimization for Musculoskeletal Boundary Conditions
Feb. 12 Monday Optimization to determine Skeletal Tissue Boundary Conditions; MidTerm Review
Feb. 14 Wednesday MidTerm Exam
Feb. 19 Monday Linear and Nonlinear Elasticity
Feb. 21 Wednesday Linear and Nonlinear Elasticity
Feb. 26 Monday Spring Break
Feb. 28 Wednesday Spring Break
Section 2: Constitutive Models commonly used for Biological Tissues
Mar. 5 Monday Linear and Nonlinear Elasticity
Mar. 7 Wednesday Linear and Nonlinear Elasticity
Mar. 12 Monday Viscoelasticity; Simple Models; Stress Relaxation, Creep, Hysteresis
Mar. 14 Wednesday Quasi-linear Viscoelasticity
Mar. 19 Monday Poroelasticity/Biphasic Theory
Mar. 21 Wednesday Bone Structure/Physiology; Structure-Linear Elasticity
Mar. 26 Monday Bone Structure/Physiology; Structure-Linear Elasticity
Mar. 28 Wednesday Ligament/Tendon Structure-Function
Apr. 2 Monday Blood Vessel Structure Function
Apr. 4 Wednesday Presentation of Biomechanics Paper
Apr. 9 Monday Presentation of Biomechainics Paper
Apr. 11 Wednesday Final Review
Apr. 16 Monday Final