1、朱銘祥 授教國立成功大學機械系 CH 1 An Introduction to Biomechanics all right reserved 2008 M.S. Ju1-1 What is Biomechanics? bio- biology Mechanics applied to biology (Fung) Mechanics : force, motion and strength of materials. Galileo 1638 Analyses of Dynamical Systems all right reserved 2008 M.S. JuBiomechanics S
2、eeks to understand the mechanics of living systems Biology can no more be understood without biomechanics For an organism help to understand its normal function Predict changes due to alteration Propose methods of artificial interventionDiagnosis, surgery and prosthesis are closely associated with B
3、iomechanics1.2 Historical background Reading assignment Contributors to biomechanics G. Galilei, W. Harvey, R. Descartes, G.A. Borelli, R. Boyle, R. Hooke, I. Newton, L. Euler, T. Young, J. Poiseuille, H. von Helmholtz, A. Fick, D.J. Korteweg, H. Lamb, O. Frank, B. van der Pol1.3 Biomechanics & Biol
4、ogyApplied mechanics Stress and strain distribution in materials Constitutive equations for mechanical properties of materials Strength of materials, yielding, creeping, plastic flow, crack propagation, fracture, fatigue failure of materials, stress corrosion Dislocation theory, metals, ceramics Com
5、posite materialsApplied mechanics (contd) Flow of fluids: gas, water, blood and other tissue fluids Heat transfer, temperature distribution, thermal stress Mass transfer, diffusion, transport through membrane Motion of charged particles, plasma, ions in solution Mechanism, structuresApplied mechanic
6、s (contd) Stability of mechanical systems Control of mechanical systems Dynamics, vibrations, wave propagation Shock waves and waves of finite amplitudeNote: all living systems have involved with some of these problemsBiology & Physiology Biology G.R. Treviranus 1802 Biologie sciences which deal wit
7、h living matter as a whole Physiology sciences which deal with normal functions of living things or their organsContinuum mechanics in physiology System Biology, gene, cell, tissue, organ, organism1.4 Mechanics in Physiology Reading assignment W. Harvey, M. Malpighi, S. Hales, O. Frank, E.H. Starlin
8、g, A, Krogh, A. V. Hill1.5 What contributions has Biomechanics made to Health Science Clinical problems in cardiovascular system Prosthetic heart valves, heart assistive device, extracorporeal circulation, hear-lung machine, hemo-dialysis machine Heart transplantation, artificial heart, postoperative trauma, pulmonary, arteries Atherosclerosis Hemodynamic disorder Stress acting in endothelial cells & response of the endothelial cells to stress
