Mechanics of Biological Tissues

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Lecturers

Prof.
Igor Karšaj
Asst. Prof.
Lana Virag

Course Description

Course content is as follows:1. Basics of continuum mechanics - kinematics, stress, conservation laws2. Hyperelasticity3. The cardiovascular system - the structure, the experimental findings, a review of tissue models

Study Programmes

University graduate
[FER3-HR] Biomedical Engineering - study
Elective Courses (1. semester)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Apply the basic laws of continuum mechanics
  2. Summarize the principles and basics of models for describing the behavior of individual tissues and biosystems
  3. Reconstruct basic models for vascular behavior
  4. Evaluate the accuracy of soft tissue models
  5. Plan tissue experiments

Forms of Teaching

Lectures

Independent assignments

Week by Week Schedule

  1. Lectures: Tensor calculus
  2. Lectures: Kinematics - Lagrangian and Eulerian description
  3. Lectures: Kinematics - deformation measures
  4. Lectures: Stress measures
  5. Lectures: Conservation laws
  6. Lectures: Compressible hyperelasticity
  7. Lectures: Incompressible hyperelasticity
  8. Lectures: Vascular mechanics - the normal artery
  9. Lectures: Vascular mechanics - vascular disorders
  10. Lectures: Vascular mechanics - vascular adaptation to hypertension
  11. Lectures: Vascular mechanics - vascular adaptation to arterial grafts
  12. Lectures: Biaxial experiments on vasculature
  13. Lectures: Pressure - diameter experiments
  14. Lectures: Cardiac mechanics - normal heart
  15. Lectures: Cardiac mechanics - disorders

Literature

Alfirević I. (2003.), Uvod u tenzore i mehaniku kontinuuma, Golden Marketing, Zagreb
Holzapfel GA (.), Nonlinear solid mechanics: A continuum approach for engineering,
(.), Fung, Y. C. Biomechanics: Mechanical Properties of Living Tissues. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1993. ISBN: 9780387979472.Humphrey JD, Cardiovascular Solid Mechanics - cells, Tissues, and Organs, Springer, 2001Cowin, SC, Doty, BD: Tissue Mechanics, Springer, 2007,

For students

General

ID 261426
  Winter semester
5 ECTS
L3 English Level
L1 e-Learning
45 Lectures
0 Seminar
0 Exercises
0 Laboratory exercises
0 Project laboratory
0 Physical education excercises