Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: CONTINUUM BIOMECHANICS

Department: Bioengineering

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): BIOE 372

Description: This course deals with elements of continuum mechanics relevant to bioengineering. The course covers important concepts in tensor calculus, kinematics, stress and strain, and constitutive theories of continua. Selected topics in bone, articular cartilage, blood and circulation, and cell biomechanics will be discussed to illustrate the application of continuum mechanism to bioengineering problems.