BIOENG 1630 - BIOMECHANICS 1-MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Biomechanics 1 is a first course in undergraduate biomechanics that applies and builds on the concepts of statics, dynamics, and mechanics of materials as applied to human activities and tissues. After briefly reviewing equilibrium concepts and free body diagrams as applied to the human body, principles from kinetics are used to develop dynamic descriptions of human motion. Finally, engineering concepts employed in description of the fundamental strength of materials are applied to biological tissues. After completion of the course, students should be able to describe the general characteristics and material properties for tissue and organs studied in the course, analyze the forces at a skeletal joint for various static and dynamic human activities, state and use the concepts of balance and stability in describing human motion, and compute the stresses and strains in biological tissues, given loading conditions and material properties.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGR 0135; PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE or BEH)

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