An Introduction to Biomechanics: Solids and Fluids, Analysis and Design / Edition 2

by Jay D. Humphrey, Sherry L. O'Rourke

Overview

This book covers the fundamentals of biomechanics. Topics include bio solids, biofluids, stress, balance and equilibrium. Students are encouraged to contextualize principles and exercises within a “big picture” of biomechanics. This is an ideal book for undergraduate students with interests in biomedical engineering.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493926220
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	07/28/2015
Edition description:	2nd ed. 2015
Pages:	692
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.06(d)

About the Author

Jay D. Humphrey is a John C. Malone Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Yale University. He received the Ph.D. degree in Engineering Science and Mechanics from The Georgia Institute of Technology and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Cardiovascular Research at The Johns Hopkins University. He has authored a book titled Cardiovascular Solid Mechanics: Cells, Tissues, and Organs, co-authored a book titled Style and Ethics of Communication in Science and Engineering, co-edited a book titled Cardiovascular Soft Tissue Mechanics, and authored or co-authored chapters for over 20 other books or encyclopedias as well as over 200 archival technical papers. He served as founding co-Editor In Chief for the international journal Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology and has served as Associate Editor for five other technical journals. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Bioengineering Division) and the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers.

Sherry L. O’Rourke is a Technical Field Engineer at Medtronic Inc. in the Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management Division. She received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Texas A&M University and co-authored an archival paper on the biomechanics of the lens capsule of the eye, which is important in understanding device design for cataract surgery. Since graduation she has spent her professional life dedicated to designing, developing, and teaching programs to help physicians, residents, and nurses ensure that patients receive the maximum benefit from pacemakers and implantable defibrillators that are designed for those suffering from chronic heart disease.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction.-2 Stress, Strain, and Constitutive Relations.- 3 Equilibrium, Universal Solutions, and Inflation.- 4 Extension and Torsion.- 5 Beam Bending and Column Buckling.- 6 Some Nonlinear Problems.- 7 Stress, Motion, and Constitutive Relations.-8 Fundamental Balance Relations.-9 Some Exact Solutions.-10 Control Volume and Semi-empirical Method.-11 Coupled Solid–fluid Problems.-12 Epilogue

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"The book under review aims to serve as an introduction to biomechanics … . It is worth to note that every chapter of the book concludes with an appendix with the basic mathematical theory used in the corresponding text, and exercises. The book contains very rich references and index. After reading this book, the reader will be convinced that the aim of the book is reached … . It is also a nice and useful learning tool for students, scientists and biomedical engineers … ." (Clementina Mladenova, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1067, 2005)

"An Introduction to Biomechanics offers for introducing and understanding classes of problems from a continuum perspective rather than a ‘collection of special results’. … is written in a light of understanding, includes a comprehensive coverage of basics biosolid and biofluid mechanics, employs a consistent continuum approach, provides student assignments and is complimented by a website. It is a worthwhile addition to a scholar’s library and worthy of consideration as the primary text for undergraduate biomechanics (solids and fluids) courses." (Benjamin S. Kelley, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 35 (9), September, 2007)

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