Biomechanics : Concepts and Computation (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Vector calculus; 2. The concepts of force and moment; 3. Static equilibrium; 4. The mechanical behaviour of fibres; 5. Fibres: time dependent behaviour; 6. Analysis of a one-dimensional continuous medium; 7. Biological materials and continuum mechanics; 8. Stress in three-dimensional continuous media; 9. Motion: the time as an extra dimension; 10. Deformation and rotation, deformation rate and spin; 11. Local balance of mass, momentum and energy; 12. Constitutive modelling of solids and fluids; 13. Solution strategies for solid and fluid mechanics problems; 14. Numerical solution of one-dimensional diffusion equation; 15. The one-dimensional convection-diffusion equation; 16. The three-dimensional convection-diffusion equation; 17. Shape functions and numerical integration; 18. Infinitesimal strain elasticity problems; References; Index.