书目

IntroductoryBiomechanics:FromCellstoOrganisms(CambridgeTextsinBiomedicalEngineering)

内容简介

IntroductoryBiomechanicsisanew,integratedtextwrittenspecificallyforengineeringstudents.Itprovidesabroadoverviewofthisimportantbranchoftherapidlygrowingfieldofbioengineering.Awideselectionoftopicsispresented,rangingfromthemechanicsofsinglecellstothedynamicsofhumanmovement.Nopriorbiologicalknowledgeisassumedandineachchapter,therelevantanatomyandphysiologyarefirstdescribed.Thebiologicalsystemisthenanalyzedfromamechanicalviewpointbyreducingittoitsessentialelements,usingthelawsofmechanicsandthentyingmechanicalinsightsbacktobiologicalfunction.Thisintegratedapproachprovidesstudentswithadeeperunderstandingofboththemechanicsandthebiologythanfromqualitativestudyalone.Thetextissupportedbyawealthofillustrations,tablesandexamples,alargeselectionofsuitableproblemsandhundredsofcurrentreferences,makingitanessentialtextbookforanybiomechanicscourse.

作者简介

C.RossEthierisaProfessorofMechanicalandIndustrialEngineering,theCanadaResearchChairinComputationalMechanics,andtheDirectoroftheInstituteofBiomaterialsandBiomedicalEngineeringattheUniversityofToronto,withcross-appointmenttotheDepartmentofOphthalmology&VisionSciences.Hisresearchfocusesonbiomechanicalfactorsinglaucomaandbloodflowandmasstransferinthelargearteries.Hehastaughtbiomechanicsforovertenyears.CraigA.SimmonsistheCanadaResearchChairinMechanobiologyandanassistantprofessorofMechanicalandIndustrialEngineeringattheUniversityofToronto,withcross-appointmentstotheInstituteofBiomaterialsandBiomedicalEngineeringandtheFacultyofDentistry.Hisresearchinterestsincludecellandtissuebiomechanicsandcellmechanobiology,particularlyasitrelatestotissueengineeringandheartvalvedisease.

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