Biomechanics detailed syllabus for Biomedical Engineering (BME) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the BME students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Biomedical Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit BME 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to BME Professional Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of biomechanics is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICS
Introduction – Scalars and vectors, Statics -Resolution and composition of forces, Moments, couple, Resultant, equilibrium of coplanar forces, Dynamics – Linear motion, Newton’s laws of motion, Velocity and acceleration, Kinematics – Models, Transducers Constitutive equations -Nonviscous fluid, Newtonian Viscous fluid and Hookean Elastic solid
Unit II
BIOFLUID MECHANICS
Intrinsic fluid properties, Rheological properties of blood, Pressure-flow relationship for NonNewtonian Fluids, Fluid mechanics in straight tube, Structure of blood vessels, Material properties and modelling of Blood vessels, Heart – Cardiac muscle characterization, Native heart valves, Prosthetic heart valve fluid dynamics.
Unit III
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Unit IV
BIOMECHANICS OF JOINTS AND IMPLANTS
Skeletal joints, forces and stresses in human joints, Analysis of rigid bodies in equilibrium, Free body diagrams, Structure of joints, Types of joints, Biomechanical analysis of elbow, shoulder, spinal column, hip, knee and ankle, Lubrication of synovial joints, Gait analysis, Motion analysis using video.
Unit V
MODELLING AND ERGONOMICS
Introduction to Finite Element Analysis, finite element analysis of lumbar spine; models for voice biomechanics, Ergonomics -Musculoskeletal disorders, Ergonomic principles contributing to good workplace design, Design of a Computer work station, Whole body vibrations, Hand transmitted and whole-body vibrations.
Lab Component
- MATLAB implementation of Vector algebra, force and moment calculation
- Program used in conjunction with the EMG system to analyse muscle activation patterns.
- Biomechanical analysis of voice.
- Cardiovascular models.
- Musculoskeletal models.
- Finite element analysis.
Software Tools
- MATLAB/ Python
- CVSIM/Equivalent tools
- OpenSim/FEBIO/ Equivalent tools.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Y.C. Fung, Bio-Mechanics- Mechanical Properties of Tissues, Springer-Verlag, 1998.
- Subrata Pal, Textbook of Biomechanics, Viva Books Private Limited, 2009
- Krishna B. Chandran, Ajit P. Yoganathan and Stanley E. Rittgers, Biofluid Mechanics:The Human Circulation, Taylor and Francis, 2007.
- Ozkaya, Nihat, Dawn Leger, David Goldsheyder, and Margareta Nordin. Fundamentals of biomechanics: equilibrium, motion, and deformation. Springer, 2016.
Reference Books:
- Sheraz S. Malik and Shahbaz S. Malik, Orthopaedic Biomechanics Made Easy,Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Jay D. Humphrey, Sherry De Lange, An Introduction to Biomechanics: Solids and Fluids, Analysis and Design, Springer Science Business Media, 2004.
- Shrawan Kumar, Biomechanics in Ergonomics, Second Edition, CRC Press 2007.
- Neil J. Mansfeild, Human Response to Vibration, CRC Press, 2005.
- Carl J. Payton, Biomechanical Evaluation of movement in sports and Exercise, 2008.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Biomedical Engineering 6th Sem, visit BME 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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